EoW January 2008

english corporate news

Two appointments to executive board

Murray International Holdings (MIH) has announced two senior appointments as part of its ongoing strategic business development programme. Chief Executive of Murray Metals Group, Graeme Hill, and Head of Legal, David Horne, have both joined the executive board. Hill is the chief executive of the Murray Metals Group which he joined in 1988. Since 2005 he has reshaped MMG and substantially increased both turnover and profit. At a glance . . . Continuus-Properzi has launched a new 25 tons per hour copper rod line in Europe. Production will start in early 2008 near Barcelona, and will run side-by-side with the existing 15 tons per hour La Farga Lacambra, a unique facility dedicated to copper scrap recycling into FRHC rod with a 110 ton a day reverberatory furnace and with the continuous Cosmelt process. The new plant, named La Farga Rod, will focus on high quality electrolytic rod for the Catalan and nearby market. Continuus-Properzi and La Farga Group are about to celebrate the 20 th anniversary of their collaboration. Continuus-Properzi SpA – Italy In response to customer requests to have direct access to the technical team in the UK, Applied Scintillation Technologies (AST) will be handling enquiries from the United States directly from its UK headquarters. AST supplies advanced imaging and detection solutions using phosphor and scintillation technology. With new marketing collateral in preparation which has been designed to help customers through the process of specifying scintillator and phosphor coating requirements, the direct sales initiative in the US will serve to streamline the whole procedure. Applied Scintillation Technologies – UK Fax : +44 1279 413679 Email : ast@appscintech.com Website : www.appscintech.com Fax : +39 02 98849 2313 Email : sales@properzi.it Website : www.properzi.it u u u

Horne is the MIH Group Company Secretary and Head of Legal and joined MIH in 1993. He has successfully managed the Group’s legal function over a number of years and has played a key role in the Group’s numerous corporate transactions. Horne was the first in-house lawyer to be named Scottish Corporate Lawyer of the Year in 2005. Ken Cockburn has remained a non- executive director of MIH since the sale of Murray International Metals (now

called Edgen Murray) in December 2005 and since then has provided strategic support and advice to MMG. He is the managing director of Edgen Murray. As Hill and Horne join the executive board of MIH, Ken Cockburn and Harvey Rose have taken the decision to step down as non-executive directors. Murray International Holdings – UK Fax : +44 131 317 7111 Email : info@murray-international.co.uk Website : www.murray-international.co.uk

NME managing director Michael Dalal in his new office (the picture in the background is Walter Niehoff, the founder of Maschinenfabrik Niehoff) ▲

New Dubai office for Niehoff

and 1996, and joined Niehoff in 1996 as a regional sales manager. Born in Lebanon, he is highly familiar with the language and customs of the Arab world. He is married with three children. Niehoff of the Middle East (NME) is responsible for the following countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. It is also planned for a service engineer to become part of NME. Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG – Germany

Maschinenfabrik Niehoff officially opened its new sales and service centre in Dubai in July. The office, headed by Michael Dalal, is called Niehoff of the Middle East (NME). Niehoff has long maintained good and close relationships with wire and cable manufacturers in the countries of the Middle East. Prior to the foundation of NME, customer service was provided from the headquarters in Schwabach, Germany. Hans-Joachim Melcher, who is responsible for this area, will retire next year. His successor is Michael Dalal, who will be working directly in the office as the managing director of NME. Mr Dalal worked as a manufacturing engineer for power cable manufacturer The Okonite Company between 1988

Fax : +49 9122 977 155 Email : info@niehoff.de Website : www.niehoff.de

Niehoff of the Middle East (NME) – Dubai Fax : +971 4 2045154

Email : m.dalal@niehoff.de Website : www.niehoff.de

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EuroWire – January 2008