EoW July 2007

english corporate news

Major order for compounding lines

Around a year after regaining independence, Buss AG, Switzerland, has booked its largest ever order. Worth more than €10m in total, the scope of supply covers seven complete lines for high-grade cable compounds. Decisive for the customer – a multi-national cable manufacturer – was the combined Buss quantec® and MKS kneader technology, particularly well proven for cable compounds that are critically sensitive to heat and shear force, as well as the market knowledge of Buss in this sector. Despite the exceptionally large order volume, all seven compounding lines will be delivered during the course of this year and commissioned in turn by March 2008. The new Buss compounding lines will expand the future plant operator’s value-added chain for manufacturing polyolefin cable compounds, previously outsourced, which will simplify supply logistics and reduce costs. The seven compounding lines, installed in three plants, will enable the production of all commercial cable compounds. Such comprehensive coverage in a single order is a first for Buss. Buss AG – Switzerland Fax : +41 61 825 6858 Email : info@busscorp.com Website : www.busscorp.com

New general manager at Singapore office

Kee Beng Kok is the new general manager of the Niehoff Singapore Representative Office (NoS), succeeding Alexander Matuschinski, who retired in March 2007.

Kee Beng Kok studied Produc- tion Engineering at Singapore Polytechnic and started his professional career in 1983. He worked for investment and technology companies as a supervisor of building projects for six years, before becoming a salesman for a German trading house and dealing with products of leading European machinery manufacturers.

Kee Beng Kok

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He sold machinery for the textile industry, the plastic-extrusion and packaging industry, and finally the wire and cable industry. Beside his successful career as a sales agent he participated at post-graduate courses and acquired a Certificate in Industrial Management from Singapore Polytechnic and a Master in Business Administration (MBA).

Kee Beng Kok is married and has two sons and a daughter.

Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG – Singapore Fax : +65 6336 4070 Email : niehoff@pacific.net.sg Website : www.niehoff.com

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EuroWire – July 2007