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EuroWire – November 2009 11
corporatenews
Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc (FWWD) has
announced the appointment of two
new general managers to oversee its
manufacturing facilities in Canada and
the Philippines.
Byron Philipson, previously general
manager in the Philippines, has moved
to the company’s Canadian plant. Sam
Falk has left his engineering position at
headquarters in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to
fill the role left by Philipson.
“The Fort Wayne Wire Die difference
has always revolved around continuous
improvement with the customer,”explains
FWWD president Dwight Bieberich, “from
both a technical and an operational-
efficiency aspect. That takes a long-term
relationship.
“Filling these positions with two
gentlemen already so familiar with our
culture, processes and philosophy is the
best way to maintain those relationships.”
Philipson has been with FWWD for 16
years, climbing the ladder within the
carbide department. Falk began his
career there 24 years ago, when he joined
as a production operator, preparing
dies for polishing and sizing. He was a
manufacturing engineer at FWWD.
Fort WayneWire Die Inc – USA
Fax: +1 260 747 4269
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BP secures umbilical
cables for the Gulf of
Mexico
Nexans has secured a frame agreement
with BP Exploration & Production Inc
for deep water umbilical projects in the
Gulf of Mexico, worth up to $300 million
in total.
The frame agreement is initially for
one year, but BP could extend the
agreement for an additional four-year
period.
The agreement covers the design,
manufacture and supply of bespoke
umbilical cables that will carry
fluid, power, control and tele-
communications services for new
subsea oil and gas projects and
for replacements in water depths up to
1,980m.
During the term of the agreement,
Nexans could deliver over 200km of
umbilical products to BP.
This new frame agreement follows
the success of a previous, similar,
umbilical frame agreement between
BP Exploration & Production Inc
and Nexans for the Gulf of Mexico,
which ran from 2002 to 2008. During
this time, Nexans delivered several
umbilical projects for BP worth a total
of $130 million. A number of these
projects presented significant technical
challenges, such as implementation of
a record breaking deep water dynamic
umbilical that incorporated a high
power cable.
The umbilicals for the Gulf of Mexico
will be designed and manufactured at
Nexans’ specialised facility in Halden,
Norway.
Nexans – France
Fax: +33 15669 8484
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New appointments at FWWD