EoW July 2007

english corporate news

Nexans cable to connect UK’s largest dedicated biomass power plant Nexans, France, has completed a contract worth around €5 million for Scottish Power, to manufacture and supply the 33kV cable that provides the grid connection for E.ON UK’s 44MW biomass power plant, currently under construction at Stevens Croft, near Lockerbie, Scotland. Nexans has manufactured and supplied XLPE insulated cable with a 500mm 2 cross-section to create two three-phase medium voltage circuits – a total of 153km of cable. The cables provide the link with the nearest available grid connection for the new power plant, the Scottish Power substation around 25km away at the Chapel Cross nuclear power station. A consortium of Metso and Siemens is carrying out the turnkey project for the construction of the €132 million wood- fired power station. RAD-CON restructuring RAD-CON, Inc, USA, a manufacturer of industrial heat processing equipment, has announced amanagement reorganisation and ownership change. David Blackman has taken over the position of president from Brice Blackman, who has retired after 25 years of service. Day-to-day operations will be managed by vice presidents Christopher Messina and Michael McDonald, who have also acquired Brice Blackman’s shares, and Chris Williams and Arno Muennich have been promoted to engineering directors. The management changes took effect in January and the ownership change was finalised in March. RAD-CON supplies equipment worldwide to processors of sheet, strip, and wire in both ferrous and nonferrous industries. The company serves both domestic and international markets with its niche bell- type furnace that uses a 100% hydrogen protective atmosphere. The company reported record revenues in 2005-2006 mostly due to export sales. Taking off from this success, RAD-CON has restructured its management team to position the company for further growth.

It will burn 480,000 tons of wood fuel annually, making it the UK’s largest dedicated biomass power plant, saving up to 140,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year. The power station is due to start commissioning in the summer of 2007 and will enter full operation by the end of 2007. The cable was manufactured in Nexans’ plant in Bourg-en-Bresse, France, and the installation has already been completed. Nexans – France Fax : +33 15669 8484 Email : nexans.web@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com The new power plant near Lockerbie, Scotland, will save up to 140,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year ▲

l New India plant for DSM

Royal DSM NV (DSM) is to build a new engineering plastics plant in India.

Theplant,forproducing engineering plastics compounds, will be in the Ranjangaon MIDC industrial zone, 60km from Pune, and will triple the capacity for the production of Akulon® PA6, Arnite® PBT and PET and Stanyl® PA46 in India. These materials are used in manufacturing moulded components for the automotive, electrical and elec-

India has an important place in DSM’s Vision 2010 strategy ▲

tronics, consumer and industrial segments. Being one of the world’s fastest growing economies, India has an important place in DSM’s Vision 2010 strategy, as one of the three pillars of this strategy is growth in emerging economies. The new plant will be fully equipped with best-in-class safety, health and environment compliance systems and will use state-of-the-art compounding technology. The new facility will enable DSM to meet the growing demand from the Indian market during the next few years while its design will also allow for additional capacity expansions in the future. DSM Engineering Plastics India Private Ltd – India Fax : +91 2040 26 14 Email : media.relations@dsm.com Website : www.dsm.com

RAD-CON Inc – USA Fax : +1 440 871 2948

Email : sales@rad-con.com Website : www.rad-con.com

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EuroWire – July 2007