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Niehoff chief executive retires
After 20 years as chief executive of the
Niehoff group, Heinz Rockenhäuser
retired at the end of October.
Under the leadership of Mr
Rockenhäuser, Niehoff considerably
expanded its market share and also
set up branches and subsidiaries in
several countries.
During his time as CEO Niehoff
expanded its product portfolio while
the number of employees in the group
worldwide increased from around 500
to 720. The company also built a new
factory at the company’s headquarters
in Schwabach, with the first part of the
plant inaugurated in 2010. Turnover
also increased from €50m to €125m,
consolidated in the whole Niehoff
group to €150m.
Mr Rockenhäuser’s successor is
Arnd Kulaczewski, previously managing
director (CEO) of the press builder
Schuler SMG in Waghäusel, Germany.
Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH
Germany
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S S Heinz Rockenhäuser, left, with Arnd Kulaczewski who has succeeded him as chief executive of Niehoff
Extending the range
Encouraged by customers, and
based on its deep technical
expertise, Euroalpha has extended
its range of limited-slip drawing
machines to multi-wire: exclusive
equipment that goes beyond the
technology of similar ones currently
available on the market.
D3 is the first multi-wire drawing
machine ever designed with drawing
capstans individually motor-driven,
and up to 32 wires.
Additional drawing modules with
capstans driven by high-precision
gear transmission are incorporated
in the frame for producing thinner
wires.
Such design represents an ideal
solution for cutting the negative
effects of the slip, more consistent
on the slower capstans, and
guaranteeing a rigid mechanical
transmission to the faster capstans,
drawing thinner sizes.
Consistent energy consumption
savings, almost negligible
maintenance, extreme operational
flexibility (thanks to the variable
elongations the same drawing
machine can produce a very wide
range of finished wires), reduced wire
breakings, low noise level, and other
important benefits of the limited-slip
technology are therefore available on
multi-wire drawing machines as well.
Euroalpha Srl – Italy
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T T Up to 32 wires now
available from Euroalpha
Growing number
of customers
With a growing customer database
in the UK and Europe, Anglia Metal
Ltd produces plain and tinned single
end, multi-wire end, bunched and
braiding bobbins in sizes ranging
from 0.1mm to 3.5mm in various
packaging types.
Producing copper wire mainly
within the data, telecom, building,
defence, industrial and automotive
industries, Anglia discusses precise
specifications with existing and
potential customers and is flexible
in the products it produces, always
with the overriding rule that it will
react to customers’ needs.
As a BSI approved company, quality
is the aim and Anglia’s quality and
technical department continues to
provide assistance and guidance to
ensure customer needs are met.
Anglia Metal will be exhibiting at
wire Düsseldorf in hall 12, stand
A34.
Anglia Metal Ltd – UK
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Stand
12/A34
Stand
11/A43
Stand
10/C18