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Industry News
Wire & Cable ASIA – January/February 2007
Calendar of Events
2007
January
13-16: Tekno/Tube Arabia 2007
trade exhibition – Dubai, UAE
Organisers: Al Fajer Information
& Services
Fax: +9714 340 3608
Email:
Website:
May
7-10: Interwire 2007 – trade exhibition
– Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Organisers: Wire Association Intl Inc
Fax: +1 203 453 8384
Website:
28-31: wire Russia – trade exhibition
– Moscow, Russia
Organisers: Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
Fax: +49 211 45 6087 7793
Email:
Website:
June
21-24: 8 th China (Guangzhou)
International Metal & Metallurgy
Exhibition – exhibition – Guangzhou,
PR China
Organisers: Julang Exhibition Co Ltd
Fax: +86 20 38620790/38620781
Email:
Website:
October
2-4: Metaltech 2007 – trade exhibition
– Sao Paulo, Brazil
Organisers: Grupo Cipa
Fax: +55 11 5585 4359
Website:
16-18: wire Southeast Asia 2007 –
trade exhibition – Bangkok, Thailand
Organisers: Messe Düsseldorf Asia
Fax: +65 6337 4633
Email:
Website:
17: Non-ferrous Bangkok Seminar –
technical seminar – Bangkok, Thailand
Organisers: IWMA, ITA
Fax: +44 1926 314755
Email:
Website:
November
5-7: wire ’07 Bologna – conference
– Bologna, Italy
Organisers: ACIMAF, CET, IWMA & WAI
Fax: +44 1926 314755
Email:
Website:
Roblon expands in
Middle East
Danish-based Roblon has further
expanded its global network with the
appointment of a new representative
in the Middle East.
Emichem has been appointed to
represent both Roblon Industrial Fiber
and its sister division, Roblon
Engineering, in Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain,
Jordan, Saudia Arabia and the United
Arab Emirates.
The two Roblon divisions now have
almost 60 representatives operating in
60 countries.
Roblon Industrial Fiber develops and
manufactures high-tech industrial
fibres including glass and aramid
strength members, standard and
water-blocking binder yarns, tapes and
ripcords. Also a specialist within the
offshore industry, it been awarded ISO
9001 (quality management) and ISO
14001 (environmental management)
certification.
Roblon Engineering develops and
manufactures serving, binding, take-up
and pay-off equipment. The servers
can wind industrial yarns around a
cable with high precision and a
precisely adjusted tension. They are
available in up to 24 positions, and
with various rotation speeds, lay
lengths and adjustable tension levels.
The two independent divisions also
work in partnership to provide joint
solutions involving both cable
machinery and materials for the cable-
making industry.
The Roblon group, which celebrates its
50th anniversary next year, is based in
Frederikshavn in Northern Denmark.
Emichem, which has its headquarters
in the United Arab Emirates, is headed
up by Shabih Rizwan Khan and Dawar
Azmi.
Roblon A/S – Denmark
Fax: +45 96 20 33 99
Email:
Website:
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.
This 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 kilometers 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 retirees
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.
The challenges and bureaucracy of
the former Soviet Union to get project
approval and financing proved
memorable. It was through the com-
bined efforts from Odeskabel and
Maillefer that ATKT-100 became
a reality.
The anniversary brought together the
past and the present, and included the
current generation of cable makers.
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, investments in production,
develop-ment and modernisation over
the last five years have reached more
than 11 million Euros.
Maillefer Extrusion – Russia
Fax: +41 21 691 21 43
Email :
Website:
Staff past and present join in the
20thanniversary celebrations
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Maillefer’s Antti-Jussi Rissanen and
Odeskabel’s Dmitry Vasilievitch Iorgachov
(right)
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