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Fullstage Technologies has acquired exclusive rights to
represent Haven Manufacturing, of the USA, as the
company’s sole agency in Europe.
Haven Manufacturing is a producer of tube and bar cutting
machines, particularly known in the automotive industry. Its
product range includes dual-blade shear cutting, KleenCut
supported shear cutting, flying shear tube cutting, wire
brush de-burring, end finishing and automated tube cutting
systems. Fullstage Technologies will also offer wire benders
from Japan, under its brand Taihei.
FullStage Technologies GmbH – Germany
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Taking the cutting edge to Europe
Pacific Fibre Ltd and Pacnet have announced joint plans to
build a subsea fibre optic cable between New Zealand,
Australia and the United States. The aim of the cable is “to
make fast, inexpensive, unlimited broadband a reality” and
to de-bottleneck capacity at peak times.
The proposed plan will cost around US$400 million (NZ$550
million), and on completion in 2013 will connect Sydney,
Auckland and Los Angeles with 5.12 Terabits per second of
capacity, upgradable to over 12 Terabits per second.
Pacific Fibre Ltd – New Zealand
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Pacnet – Singapore
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Faster, cheaper connection
planned between US and Australia
Draka Communications has reported that year-to-date 2010
shipments for its flagship bend-insensitive fibre
BendBright-XS have doubled over the year, bringing
cumulative output to over 2 million kilometres since its
launch.
“This growth is predominantly due to a leap in FTTH project
expansion around the world,” says Alain Bertaina, product
marketing, single-mode fibre Draka Communications.
“It underlines the fact that the challenges of accelerating
FTTH deployment, reflected in the latest ITU G.657
recommendations, are comfortably accommodated with
BendBright-XS.”
Draka Communications – The Netherlands
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BendBright success