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12 Wire & Cable AsiA – May/June 2013
Sale is
complete
royal DsM, the
global life
sciences and
materials
sciences
company, has
completed the
sale of its
participation in
DEXPlastomers
VoF, a 50/50 joint
venture of DsM
with an affiliate of
ExxonMobil
Chemical, to
Borealis.
DsM also sold its
lldPE Compact
solution
technology to
Borealis.
the transaction
was announced
in November
2012.
Established in
1996,
DEXPlastomers
is a 50/50 joint
venture between
DsM and Exxon
Chemical Holland
Ventures BV,
producing C8
plastomers and
linear low-density
polyethylene. in
the scope of the
transaction are
approximately
100 employees
who have
transferred to the
new owner upon
closing.
DsM’s lldPE
Compact
solution
technology was
first developed in
the 1960s to
produce
polyethylenes in
a certain density
range and is
instrumental to
the operations of
DEXPlastomers.
tHE Hamburg, Germany-
based software company
simufact Engineering and the
Malaysian university uitM
(universiti teknologi MArA)
in shah Alam have started to
cooperate in research and
education of students and
software users from the
industry.
the focus of the cooperation
is on modern software-aided
simulation methods that are
employed in the production
of metal-based industrial
goods such as automobiles
and engines.
represenatives of both the
university and simufact
signed a cooperation paper
and a certificate of
incorporation for the
‘research & training Centre
for Virtual Manu-
facturing technology and
Process’. industry represent-
atives from Malaysia and
indonesia also attended the
signing of the contract.
in terms of organisation, the
newly established research &
training Centre for Virtual
Manufacturing technology
and Process is affiliated with
the Advance Manufacturing
technology Excellence
Center (AMtEx).
AMtEx is a research and
development centre at the
uitM faculty of mechanical
engineering, which is
supposed to deepen the
cooperation of research,
production and industrial
practice concerning the
development of new
manufacturing technologies.
Computer-based production
processes play a major role in
this context.
“We are pleased to be the
first research and training
centre in south East Asia,”
said Assoc Prof Dr-ing
Yupiter HP Manurung,
director of AMtEx.
“i am very optimistic with this
cooperation since we
position ourselves as a
resource centre for solving
industrial problems, for
producing technical pub-
lications and for educating
engineering students as well
as practitioners using this
sophisticated simulation
software.
“simufact software is not
only user-friendly which is
very important for industrial
applications to achieve fast
and precise results; the
software also provides an
open structure for conducting
high level research invest-
igation which is very essential
for academician use.”
Dr Hendrik schafstall,
managing director and CtO
of simufact, said: “the
cooperation with uitM is a
significant component of our
‘Scientific Initiative’, with
which we promote the
knowledge transfer between
industry and science.
“Cooperations of this kind,
on the one hand, strengthen
the competitiveness of comp-
anies; on the other hand, they
ensure the practical
relevance of research and
education as well as the
profitable application of
research results.”
Simufact Engineering
GmbH – Germany
Website:
Engineering a university partnership
❍ Assoc Prof Dr-Ing Yupiter HP Manurung, left, and Dr Hendrik
Schafstall shake hands on the deal
Steel imports down in 2012
in December 2012 south Africa’s primary carbon and steel
product imports, including semi-finished steel and drawn
wire, were down by 32.5 per cent compared with November.
the south African iron and steel institute (sAisi) puts the
figure at 58,367 metric tons.
the same source reports that throughout 2012 the country’s
primary carbon and alloy steel product imports totalled
839,980 metric tons, representing a decrease of 8.8 per cent
compared with 2011.
South African Iron and Steel Institute – South Africa
Website: