EoW March 2007

corporate news

Curtain comes down onWire & Cable India 2006 The curtain came down on Wire & Cable India 2006 – the flagship international exhibition for the Indian Wire & Cable Industry, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Mumbai on 18 th October 2006. The event was supported by the Steel Wire Manufacturers Association of India (SWMAI) and the Telecom Cable Manufacturers Association (TCMA). The event had an overwhelming response on all three days, with more than 120 exhibitors from India and 65 companies from 20 different countries, all showcasing the latest technologies, equipment and products. The exhibitors unveiled some of the most modern wire manufacturing and finishing machinery, spring manufacturing machinery, cable and stranding machines, process technology tools, process technology materials, lubricants, measuring and controlling technology, process monitoring systems, quality assurance and measuring systems, drive and control technology, ‘finished product’ testing systems, wires, cables, wire rods, bright, bars, sheet metal and speciality wires. Wire and Cable India 2006 – India Fax : +91 22 2493 9463 Email : darryl.dasilva@ciionline.org Website : www.ciionline.org

Minister of Industry and Commerce opens plastic factory Hassan Abdulla Fakhro, Bahrain’s Minister of Industry and Commerce, officially opened Kanoo Plastic Company’s new factory in Riffa. The company is a joint venture investment between Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo and Compco Australia Pty Ltd. It was established to manufacture a range of plastic raw material compounds for regional and international markets. The company’s main speciality is the production of high quality XLPE compounds for the cable and pipe markets, additive, white and coloured masterbatches for the plastics and polymer industry and various other plastic materials using the unique Compco technology. The plastic compounds and master- batches are used in a diverse range of applications including wire and cable, polymer production, domestic and commercial hot water pipes, industrial hoses, white goods, flexible and rigid packaging, plastic furniture, air conditioning units and automotive components. Production at the site began in December 2006 with an initial capacity of around 14,000 tons per annum. Email : info@kanoogroup.com Website : www.kanoogroup.com At a glance Liuzhou Iron & Steel Corporation, China, has successfully commis- sioned a single-strand continuous slab caster supplied by SMS Demag AG, Germany. With an annual production capacity of 1.2m tons, the caster produces slabs in the dimensional range of 1,000-1,650mm width and thicknesses of 180, 200, 220 and 250mm. Kanoo Plastics Company – Bahrain Fax : +971 4393 3636

New chairman for Royal DSM

Feike Sijbesma will take up the role of chairman of the managing board of

With the acquisition of Gist-brocades by DSM in 1998 he joined DSM and in 2000 was appointed to DSM’s managing board.

Royal DSM NV when Peter Elverdine retires on 1 st May 2007. studied medical biology at the University of Utrecht and Business Administration at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, both in the Netherlands. In 1987 he joined the Industrial Pharmaceuticals Mr Sijbesma

He is a board member of Cefic (European Chemical Industry Council) and EuropaBio/BIO (European and US Biotechnology Industry Associations), the Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences (WCFS) and the Swiss Society of Chemical Industries (SGCI).

Feike Sijbesma

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division of Gist-brocades, where he became responsible for strategic planning and business development. From 1990 to 1993, he was the division’s marketing and sales director. He then became responsible for Savoury Ingredients, which later became a business unit of Gist-brocades’ food specialities division. In 1995, he became director of that division and joined the Gist-brocades executive committee.

Mr Sijbesma is a member of the Supervisory Board of Utrecht University and member of the Supervisory Board of the Dutch Genomics Initiative. The supervisory board will also propose to shareholders at the annual meeting to appoint Stephan B Tanda to the Managing Board of DSM with effect from 1 st May 2007, as successor to Mr Sijbesma. Royal DSM NV – Holland Fax : +31 4557 40680 Email : media.relations@dsm.com Website : www.dsm.com

Modernisation for hot strip mill ThyssenKrupp Steel AG, Germany, has awarded SMS Demag, Germany, an order for the modernisation of the Beeckerwerth hot strip mill. In addition to the revamping of finishing stands F1 and F2, the order comprises the supply of three new, fully hydraulic downcoilers. In the finishing stands F1 and F2, the maximum rolling force will be increased from 38 to 42MN by the installation of new hydraulic adjustment cylinders. SMS Demag is also supplying new backup roll chocks and Morgoil® bearings. SMS Demag – Germany Fax : +49 211 881 4902 Email : info@sms-group.com Website : www.sms-group.com

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