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EuroWire – March 2011 20
corporate news
Simufact has
strengthened
its engineering
teamwith the
appointment of
Dr Gabriel Barton.
He will focus on
ring rolling and
open die forging
applications.
Relying on
his expertise
in the area of
incremental
forming
simulation, he will
help broaden the
application range
of its software.
Bremen,
Germany-based
Sikora AG,
manufacturer
of measuring
and control
technology for
the wire and
cable industry,
takes 21st place
of the top 100
medium-sized
companies in
Germany.
This is the result
of a study,
published in
German national
newspaper “Die
Welt” in October
last year, in
cooperation
with the Munich
Strategy Group.
Top 30
place
Dr Gabriel Barton ▲ ▲
Boost to
team
Volex Group plc, a global
designer and manufacturer of
high performance interconnect
solutions and power cords,
is working with one of the
healthcare industry’s leading
hospital bed manufacturers,
to provide an engineered
cabling solution for its latest
bed offering.
The design collaboration
of both companies has
enabled Volex to develop
a unique interconnect
solution for the bed’s control
panel and hand pendant.
The cable assembly solution
is Volex’s first to be supplied
for use in hospital beds,
indicative of its ongoing
expansion of activities in
the healthcare sector. The
cables supplied will connect
hand-held pendants via a
coiled cable, and control
panels via a flexible arm to
the bed’s actuators, allowing
smooth movement of the bed
so as to minimise discomfort
to the patient.
Volex’s engineering team
worked closely with
design engineers from the
manufacturer to develop a
moulded strain relief, which
allows for the best flexibility of
the cable during its life cycle.
With the bed going through
several test phases before
its introduction to full
production, Volex was on
hand to deliver samples that
met manufacturer deadlines
every step of the way.
Jeff Bierman, senior
vice-president at Volex said:
“The healthcare sector is one
in which Volex is gaining
increasing momentum, and
the provision of cables for
this hospital bed marks an
important expansion in our
product portfolio.
“Healthcare is an important
focus for Volex and I am
confident that the relationship
with this manufacturer will
effectively demonstrate our
services and capabilities
and our commitment to the
sector.”
Volex Group – UK
Fax : +44 203 370 8831
Email : .
com
Website :
A restful night
for patients. . .
Leoni and euromicron AG, will be working
together more closely in the future. Rooted in
an already successfully established customer-
supplier relationship, the two companies will
deepen their partnership further in the market
for fibre optic-based network infrastructures.
As part of this move, Leoni sold the two
subsidiaries, Leoni NBG Fiber Optics GmbH
based in Gmund, Austria and Leoni WCS
Benelux BV in Amersfoort, Netherlands, to
euromicron.
euromicron AG is listed in Deutsche Börse’s
Prime Standard and is a provider of all-in
solutions for communication, data and security
networks.
The company will, with this strategically
motivated takeover of these two businesses,
expand its development and production know-
how in the field of glass fibre-based passive
components, further enhance its expertise in the
Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) solutions market and
strengthen its presence in Austria and Benelux.
FTTH describes the most advanced
development level of wireline broadband
internet connections with a glass fibre link all
the way through to the consumer’s home.
As an all-in solution provider, NBG Fiber
Optics GmbH – to be known in the future as
euromicron NBG – covers a broad spectrum of
passive system components such as glass fibre
cable, empty conduit systems and connection
technologyandprovidesplanning,engineering,
project management as well as installation
services in the FTTH segment, primarily so in
the German-speaking region.
Leoni AG – Germany
Fax: +49 911 2023 455
Email:
Website:
Forming a closer
working relationship