EuroWire January 2007

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EuroWire – January 2007 15
corporate news
Celebrating success
with Odeskabel
It was party time last September as
Maillefer joined Odeskabel in the Ukraine
to celebrate the 20th anniversary of
ATKT-100.
That was the name given to a first-of-its-
kind fully automatic production unit for
telephone cables, where Maillefer (then
Nokia Cable Machinery) was a partner.
Initial capacity was calculated for 1.2
million wire kilometres per year in two
shifts.
Even today, after 20 years of operation,
ATKT-100 operates at planned capacity to
answer current demand.
Friends, colleagues and some retired
workers travelled from Moscow and
Finland to attend the celebrations
– expressing their pride in seeing their
dream still in full operation. Together they
evoked the planning phases of ATKT-100.
Overcoming the challenges and bureau-
cracy of the former Soviet Union to get
project approval and financing proved
memorable. It was through the combined
efforts from Odeskabel and Maillefer that
ATKT-100 became a reality.
Odeskabel is expanding its markets in
the Ukraine and surrounding countries
as it diversifies its cable products into
the communication and energy sectors.
According to company reports, invest-
ments in production, development and
modernisation over the last five years
have reached more than €11 million.
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Staff past and present join in the 20th anniversary
celebrations
Maillefer’s Antti-Jussi Rissanen and Odeskabel’s
Dmitry Vasilievitch Iorgachov (right)
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