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November 2012 20
Creating links is important. And who
knows it better than a web portal?
expowire.net, known as wiredrawing.
net, can announce the onset of various
collaborations.
One of the most significant ones to
be established is with ACIMAF, the
Italian wire machinery manufacturers’
association, founded in 1987 to promote
the image of Italian technology in the
field of machines and products for wire
and cable manufacturing.
ACIMAF now has its own online showcase
on expowire.net, which already hosted
many ACIMAF members. This partnership
is in line with the portal’s intent to
cooperate with all the international trade
associations of the wire, cable, fasteners
and metal working field.
Companies on expowire.net can also now
get a ten per cent discount on both the
shell scheme and space only option at the
Wire & Cable Expo in Tianjin, China, from
25th -27th June 2013.
expowire.net is also involved in the
organisation of Made in Steel 2013, the
event that gathers producers, distributors,
users and the whole world that lives “off”
and “for” steel.
The conference and exhibition will take
place in Milan, Italy, from 3rd-5th April 2013.
Members of expowire.net are entitled
to a special five per cent discount on the
exhibition fees.
But expowire.net is not working only on
building partnerships and offering further
advantages to its members. expowire.
net, which is already translated in English,
German, French, Spanish and Italian, will
soon be available in Russian and Chinese.
expowire.net – Italy
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The wire and cable industry goes digital
Nexans lands €110m
contract
Nexans has been awarded contracts
worth around €110 million by Libya’s
PEWCO (Public Electrical Works
Company), a wholly-owned subsidiary
of GECOL, the state-owned company
responsible for the production and
distribution of electrical power, to
supply cables for projects to upgrade
the country’s power transmission and
distribution infrastructure.
The contracts involve the supply of over
1,000km of high-voltage (HV) and low
and medium-voltage (MV) cables. The
transmission contract comprises 245kV
underground cables to be manufactured
and supplied by Nexans France. The 33kV
and 15kV distribution cables and the
optical fibre cables will be supplied by
Nexans Greece, while the accessories will
be supplied by Nexans Italy.
PEWCO will install the cables. Nexans will
supply all required accessories as well
as optical fibre cables (for substation
automation, control and communications
and monitoring of the cable
temperature), as well as engineering
services, technical assistance and training
to PEWCO and GECOL.
Cable delivery and installation is
expected to take place during 2012 and
2013.
Nexans – France
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