EoW September 2011

corporate news

Niehoff donates aid for earthquake relief

German manufacturer Niehoff has donated six million yen – around $75,000 – in humanitarian aid for victims of the earthquake which struck Japan in March this year. senior management team and shareholders are committed to actively helping people in Japan by providing financial assistance. The donation was passed on to the Japanese Red Cross in the hope that the aid will improve the situation of at least some of the people affected. Niehoff has very strong ties with Japan. The company opened a sales office there in 1991 (Nippon Niehoff Co Ltd), and it has developed a very close relationship with Japanese customers over the years. Niehoff immediately contacted its staff in Japan as soon as media reports on the catastrophe began coming through. Niehoff, headquartered in Schwabach, Germany, develops and produces machinery and production systems for cable and wire manufacturers in more than 100 countries. Founded in 1951, the company currently has around 700 employees. Nippon Niehoff Co Ltd – Japan Fax : +81 3 3257 0910 Email : s-kanazawa@nippon-niehoff.co.jp machinery The Niehoff workforce,

▲ ▲ Mr Kanazawa from Nippon Niehoff (left) presenting the donation to an officer of the Japanese Red Cross

Flymca is a well known and experienced Spanish rotating machinery manufacturer. The range includes all the rotating machinery as tubulars, skips, rigids, planetary stranders as well as bow cablers, drum twisting lines, double and simple twist bunchers and all the ancillary equipment necessary to complete the lines for production of electrical, submarine and off-shore cables and steel ropes. Production also includes lines for the production of CTC transposed cables. Flymca produces its machinery in its plants in Spain. Flymca SL – Spain Fax : +34 942 559 865 Email : flymca@flymca.com Website : www.flymca.com Serving the whole industry

Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG – Germany

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

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EuroWire – September 2011