EuroWire January 2007

corporate news

Consteel for Arvedi Italian steelmaker Arvedi is to install a 250-tonne Techint EAF-Consteel® system, to supply the liquid steel for its new endless steel production (ESP) line. The company’s new EAF (electric arc furnace) will be integrated with Techint’s patented Consteel continuous preheating system, and will reach the worldwide highest capacity for a single furnace: 300 t/hr with 100 per cent scrap feeding. The melting unit will be equipped with technological solutions developed by Techint Technologies for electric arc furnaces, such as the Goodfellow EFSOP™ off-gas process control system, KT™ oxygen and carbon/lime lances for chemical injection, and TDRH, the electrode digital regulation system. Two Techint 250-tonne ladle furnaces will also be installed downstream of the furnace. Techint Technologies – Italy Fax : +39 010 605 4926 Email : tech-italimpianti@techint.it Website : www.techint-technologies.com

The new Nexans plant at Tokyo Bay

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It’s all systems go for Nexans

Nexans celebrated the start of production at its new submarine high voltage power cable plant at Tokyo Bay, Japan, at the start of November 2006. The opening ceremony follows the creation of the production joint venture NVC, owned 66% by Nexans and 34% by Viscas (JV between Furukawa Electric Co Ltd and Fujikura Ltd). Gérard Hauser, Chairman and CEO of the Group, and Teruyoshi Tanabe, President of Viscas, along with senior management from both companies, shareholders, local dignatories and the Mayor of Futtsu – where the plant is located – attended the opening ceremony. During the ceremony, Gérard Hauser, Teruyoshi Tanabe and Jean-Luc Canivet, the new managing director of NVC, underlined the strategic importance of the new manufacturing facility. “By creating this joint venture and obtaining a new production facility, Nexans confirms its leadership position in the fast-growing submarine high voltage power cables market,” said Gérard Hauser. “The Tokyo Bay plant will actually allow Nexans to increase significantly its cable and service activity in this field.”

Nexans – Germany Fax : +49 511 676 2480 Email : info@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.de

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EuroWire – January 2007