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EuroWire – May 2009 21
english corporate news
MPI was established in 1979 to
manufacture high quality wire and
cable machines, and has completed
thirty years of continuous development
and service to the wire, power and
telecom cable industries.
The company is proud to have
developed into a leading manufacturer
of machines and has successfully
commissioned equipment at cable
factories in India, the Middle East and
Europe.
The manufacturing range includes
wire-drawing machines; rigid and
planetary stranders; wire, strip and tape
armouring machines; drum twisters;
laying up and rewinding machines, and
cable sheathing lines.
MPI has recently received a bulk order
from Middle East cable companies
for the supply of a variety of cable
manufacturing machines.
MPI Machines Ltd – India
Fax: +91 751 2366974
Website:
MPI range sold
worldwide
Harness contract
Leoni has won a large contract with
engine manufacturer Cummins. For five
years, Leoni will equip a variety of diesel
engines with wiring harnesses.
Cummins is among global power
leaders in the design, manufacture, sales
and service of diesel engines and related
technology around the world, and
Leoni has been supplying the company,
headquartered in Columbus, USA, with
several types of wiring systems for over
ten years.
Recently, both companies signed a
new sourcing agreement. According to
this, Leoni will supply wiring harnesses
globally for several Cummins product
series until 2012.
Cooperation between Leoni and
Cummins has existed since 1997,
when Leoni purchased the Cummins
Electronics Division harness business.
Ever since, there has been a strong
technical and engineering relationship.
Leoni AG – Germany
Fax: +49 911 2023 231
Email:
Website:
The Wire & Cable Manufacturers’
Alliance (WCMA) announced Don
Shaw, director of sales and marketing
for Daikin America, as the recipient of a
2009 Distinguished Career award. The
annual awards dinner and investiture
ceremony was held on 18th April 2009
in Windsor, Connecticut.
Don began his career in field sales
with Ausimont USA, and went on to
become the national sales manager
for the PTFE, melt fluoropolymer and
tecnoflon fluoroelastomer businesses.
Don left Ausimont in 1993 to work for
Daikin America in field sales, and in
less than three years had helped the
company’s US sales grow from $80
million to $300 million.
In 1995 he was promoted to wire and
cable sales manager and eventually
to director of sales and marketing
for the polymer and fluoroelastomer
businesses run by Daikin in the US.
Daikin America – USA
Website :
Distinguished
career rewarded
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Sweden
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Fax +46 122 232 99
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