WCA September 2007

Industry news

Sumitomo Electric Industries of Yokohama, Japan, has selected Reelex to provide equipment and technical assistance to package its line of fibre optic cables. Tom Copp, president of Reelex, said: “We are pleased that Sumitomo has chosen Reelex as the preferred package for their line of fibre optic cables. “We have long believed the fibre optic cable industry would benefit from Reelex in the same way the LAN and Coaxial cable segments have. “This is the culmination of a long development effort undertaken with Sumitomo. They are the first fibre optic manufacturer to purchase Reelex equipment to be used exclusively for fibre optic cables.” Reelex Packaging Solutions Inc – USA Fax : +1 845 878 7884 Email : tcopp@reelex.com Website : www.reelex.com Japanese company chooses Reelex for packaging

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Borouge awards $300m contract

Borouge has awarded a contract worth approximately US$300 million for the construction of a new olefins conversion unit (OCU) to Samsung Engineering for Borouge 2, the major expansion project in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. The unit, which will convert ethylene into propylene to feed two new Borstar ® technology polypropylene plants, will be the world’s largest using ABB Lummus licensed technology. Total annual output from the OCU will be 752 kilotonnes of propylene plus 39 kilotonnes of butane-1 – totalling 791 kilotonnes. Work began in June 2007 and is scheduled to be completed by mid-2010. Borouge 2 will triple Borouge’s annual production capacity to two million tonnes of polyolefins and deliver a step change in Borouge’s capacity to meet demand in new geographic and industry markets. Borouge – United Arab Emirates Fax : +971 260 7999 Email : info@borouge.com Website : www.borouge.com

Design and manufacturing experience from Iran Based in Tehran, Iran, Behsazan Simin designs and manufactures machinery and equipment for the wire industry, including: Pay-offs and take-ups for spools and coils; slip type wet drawing machines; dry drawing machines with tuner roller; straightening and cutting machines; pointing machines; precision layer winding lines and staple machines. The company also designs and makes the following complete production lines: welding wire and submerged arc welding wire; plating lines for low and high carbon steel; multi-wire hot dip galvanising, and PC wire and PC strands production. Behsazan Simin Industrial Co – Iran Fax : +98 21 2227 5698 Email : mail@behsazan-simin.com Website : www.behsazan-simin.com Coppering lines for staple wire; CO 2

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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2007