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Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2009

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Prizes for

Plasmait

At the third Enquete award ceremony

in Vienna in November 2008, Plasmait

GmbH was presented with the inno-

vation award for a research project

conducted in collaboration with the

institute Zentrum für Elektronen-

mikroskopie Graz (ZFE). The project

investigated plasma coating on

ceramic materials with the purpose of

process optimisation in industrial

plasma heat and surface treatment

applications.

This is Plasmait’s second innovation

award in two years. In September

2007 Plasmait won the Fast Forward

Innovation Award, awarded by the

Styrian Development Agency (SFG),

for its environmentally-friendly heat

and surface treatment process for

endless non-ferrous materials.

This was the third year that Austrian

Cooperation Research (ACR) ran the

award competition. The purpose of

the competition is to promote,

encourage and facilitate cooperation

between small and medium-sized

companies (SMEs) and non-university

research institutions in Austria. The

prizes were funded in association with

the Federal Ministry for Industry and

Work in Austria (Bundesministerium

für Wirtschaft und Arbeit – BMWA).

At the award ceremony, Dr Johann

Jäger, president of ACR, emphasised

the importance of cooperative

research to SMEs, “Especially in

applied research, it is the SMEs that

benefit the most from incentives that

encourage their cooperation with

research institutions. We are therefore

committed to give this area close

attention in future.”

Plasmait GmbH – Austria

Fax

: +43 3182 524754

Email

:

info@plasmait.com

Website

:

www.plasmait.com

The Plasmait team at Enquete

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The Spanish company Hormesa,

based in Madrid, has merged with

Conticast of the UK.

The

Hormesa–Conticast

group

will produce continuous casting

plants,

including

continuous

horizontal casting and vertical

upwards continuous casting (VUCC)

machines in three versions: gas,

induction and graphite technology.

Production capacities range from

1,000 TPY up to 10,000 TPY,

depending on requirements.

The VUCC systems are used to

produce oxygen-free copper rod as

well as many different alloys, such as

brass, bronze and CuMg. The group

can also supply accessories for

casting plants and further processes.

Hormesa Group – Spain

Fax

: +34 91 884 4382

Email

:

hormesa@hormesa.com

Website

:

www.hormesa.com

Conticast – UK

Website

:

www.conticast.com

Continuous casting merger