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EuroWire – March 2007 16
corporate news
Ugitech has announced two major investments that will
become operational in mid-2007.
Work is already underway in France to install a first ESR (Electro
Slag Remelting) furnace on its main production site in Ugine.
Thanks to this process, Ugipur stainless steels will meet the
highest demand from high technology markets like medical,
aeronautics, automobile and other processes that require very
clean pumps.
In America a service centre with a workshop for cold
transformation of stainless steel bars and a hub will be put
into operation in Batavia, Illinois.
This will serve the American market with high quality products
including Ugima®, the grade that is world-renowned for its
performance in terms of machinability.
Ugitech – France Fax: +33 1 41 25 59 88
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Ugitech invests in two
major projects
ADVA and Siemens sign up for
network for Republic of Ireland
ADVA Optical Networking and Siemens have signed a major
contract with Eircom – the Republic of Ireland’s largest
telecommunications carrier.
The contract will create a national next-generation network to
provide Eircom’s business and residential customers with a range
of bandwidth-intensive applications, including Internet Protocol
TV (IPTV), Voice over IP (VoIP) and triple play services, combining
voice, video and data services in one bundle.
Eircom is the main provider of telecommunications services in
Ireland, with approximately 1.6 million fixed-line telephone lines.
To address the growing demand for high-capacity data services,
Eircom will build an optical backbone spanning the length and
breadth of the country, enabling networking speeds of up to
10Gbit/s.
This network will enable more flexible, cost-effective delivery of
business and residential services.
This nationwide network will be built through the co-operation
of ADVA Optical Networking and Siemens.
Using the ADVA FSP 3000 Wavelength Division Multiplexing
(WDM) system as its foundation, Eircom will be able to
significantly scale network growth with demand and retain low
capital expenditure costs by seamlessly adding new services
when and where they are needed.
Advaoptical – Germany Fax: +49 89 8906 65699
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Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Ko KG
– Germany
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