EoW November 2009

corporatenews

New appointments at FWWD

Philipson has been with FWWD for 16 years, climbing the ladder within the carbide department. Falk began his career there 24 years ago, when he joined as a production operator, preparing dies for polishing and sizing. He was a manufacturing engineer at FWWD. Fort WayneWire Die Inc – USA Fax : +1 260 747 4269

“The Fort Wayne Wire Die difference has always revolved around continuous improvement with the customer,”explains FWWD president Dwight Bieberich, “from both a technical and an operational- efficiency aspect. That takes a long-term relationship. “Filling these positions with two gentlemen already so familiar with our culture, processes and philosophy is the best way to maintain those relationships.”

Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc (FWWD) has announced the appointment of two new general managers to oversee its manufacturing facilities in Canada and the Philippines. Byron Philipson, previously general manager in the Philippines, has moved to the company’s Canadian plant. Sam Falk has left his engineering position at headquarters in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to fill the role left by Philipson. BP secures umbilical cables for the Gulf of Mexico Nexans has secured a frame agreement with BP Exploration & Production Inc for deep water umbilical projects in the Gulf of Mexico, worth up to $300 million in total. The frame agreement is initially for one year, but BP could extend the agreement for an additional four-year period. The agreement covers the design, manufacture and supply of bespoke umbilical cables that will carry fluid, power, control and tele- communications services for new subsea oil and gas projects and for replacements in water depths up to 1,980m. During the term of the agreement, Nexans could deliver over 200km of umbilical products to BP. This new frame agreement follows the success of a previous, similar, umbilical frame agreement between BP Exploration & Production Inc and Nexans for the Gulf of Mexico, which ran from 2002 to 2008. During this time, Nexans delivered several umbilical projects for BP worth a total of $130 million. A number of these projects presented significant technical challenges, such as implementation of a record breaking deep water dynamic umbilical that incorporated a high power cable. The umbilicals for the Gulf of Mexico will be designed and manufactured at Nexans’ specialised facility in Halden, Norway. Nexans – France Fax : +33 15669 8484 Email : nexans.web@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com

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EuroWire – November 2009