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EuroWire – January 2008 22
english corporate news
Murray International Holdings (MIH) has
announced two senior appointments
as part of its ongoing strategic business
development programme.
Chief Executive of Murray Metals Group,
Graeme Hill, and Head of Legal, David
Horne, have both joined the executive
board.
Hill is the chief executive of the Murray
Metals Group which he joined in 1988.
Since 2005 he has reshaped MMG and
substantially increased both turnover
and profit.
Horne is the MIH Group Company
Secretary and Head of Legal and
joined MIH in 1993. He has successfully
managed the Group’s legal function over
a number of years and has played a key
role in the Group’s numerous corporate
transactions.
Horne was the first in-house lawyer to be
named Scottish Corporate Lawyer of the
Year in 2005.
Ken Cockburn has remained a non-
executive director of MIH since the sale
of Murray International Metals (now
called Edgen Murray) in December 2005
and since then has provided strategic
support and advice to MMG. He is the
managing director of Edgen Murray.
As Hill and Horne join the executive
board of MIH, Ken Cockburn and Harvey
Rose have taken the decision to step
down as non-executive directors.
Murray International Holdings – UK
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Two appointments to executive board
New Dubai office
for Niehoff
Maschinenfabrik Niehoff officially opened
its new sales and service centre in Dubai in
July. The office, headed by Michael Dalal, is
called Niehoff of the Middle East (NME).
Niehoff has long maintained good and
close relationships with wire and cable
manufacturers in the countries of the
Middle East. Prior to the foundation of
NME, customer service was provided from
the headquarters in Schwabach, Germany.
Hans-Joachim Melcher, who is responsible
for this area, will retire next year. His
successor is Michael Dalal, who will be
working directly in the office as the
managing director of NME.
Mr Dalal worked as a manufacturing
engineer for power cable manufacturer
The Okonite Company between 1988
and 1996, and joined Niehoff in 1996 as a
regional sales manager. Born in Lebanon,
he is highly familiar with the language
and customs of the Arab world. He is
married with three children.
Niehoff of the Middle East (NME) is
responsible for the following countries:
Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Syria,
United Arab Emirates and Yemen. It is also
planned for a service engineer to become
part of NME.
Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co
KG – Germany
Fax: +49 9122 977 155
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Niehoff of the Middle East (NME) – Dubai
Fax: +971 4 2045154
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NME managing director Michael Dalal in his new office (the picture in the background is Walter Niehoff, the
founder of Maschinenfabrik Niehoff)
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At a glance . . .
Continuus-Properzi has launched a new 25
tons per hour copper rod line in Europe.
Production will start in early 2008 near
Barcelona, and will run side-by-side with
the existing 15 tons per hour La Farga
Lacambra, a unique facility dedicated to
copper scrap recycling into FRHC rod with
a 110 ton a day reverberatory furnace and
with the continuous Cosmelt process.
The new plant, named La Farga Rod, will
focus on high quality electrolytic rod for
the Catalan and nearby market.
Continuus-Properzi and La Farga Group
are about to celebrate the 20th anniversary
of their collaboration.
Continuus-Properzi SpA – Italy
Fax: +39 02 98849 2313
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In response to customer requests to have
direct access to the technical team in the
UK, Applied Scintillation Technologies
(AST) will be handling enquiries from
the United States directly from its UK
headquarters.
AST supplies advanced imaging and
detection solutions using phosphor and
scintillation technology.
With new marketing collateral in
preparation which has been designed
to help customers through the process
of specifying scintillator and phosphor
coating requirements, the direct sales
initiative in the US will serve to streamline
the whole procedure.
Applied Scintillation Technologies – UK
Fax: +44 1279 413679
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