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E Braude (London) Ltd is a specialist
manufacturer of heating equipment for
the highly corrosive liquids found in
pickling procedures used in the steel
industry and in many chemical and
metal finishing processes.
The company attended the Wire and
Cable India exhibition in November
2008, to display its range of equipment
for corrosive liquids.
David Snoxhill, the managing director
said, “This was the company’s first visit
to India and as such was a fact finding
exercise as much as a sales promotion.
We have certainly achieved the first
objective and it has confirmed our view
that India is a vibrant and exciting
market that is going to become more
important over the next few years.
“We also took the time to see some of
our existing customers, which proved
very useful.
“As a result of the visit we have
appointed Amit Banerjee of Beam
International as our agent for the
industrial steel, wire and tube sector.
Amit has been working in this sector for
many years and we are very confident
that with his experience we should
be able to bring our products to the
attention of more companies in India.
“All in all it was a very successful
exercise that will be the foundation for
a permanent presence in the Indian
market.”
E Braude (London) Ltd – UK
Fax: +44 1252 875281
Email:
Website :
Braude appoints agent in India
Nexans has announced the signature of the final agreements with Polycab,
India’s largest cable company, for the creation of a joint venture to be
majority-held by Nexans and managed in close cooperation with its Indian
partner.
The joint venture, with its headquarters in Vadodara in the state of Gujarat, will
cover the manufacture and marketing of special cables for the shipbuilding,
material handling, railway and windpower industries. The agreements also
include the production of high voltage (HV) underground cables, which was
initially anticipated to constitute a second phase.
Michel Lemaire, executive vice president for the Asia-Pacific area of Nexans,
said: “By signing today’s agreements with Polycab, we team up with a
high-quality partner to ensure the success of our first industrial venture in the
Indian market, as well as benefiting from the sustained growth of this emerging
economy. Moreover, the immediate extension of the scope of our agreement to
include high voltage cables should allow us to take a strong position in the
growing power infrastructures market in India.”
The industrial element of the joint venture, which includes the construction
of the new cable production unit, will start immediately and cover a period from
18 to 24 months.
Polycab currently has sales of over $600 million, with twelve plants employing
more than 3,500 people in the manufacture of power and building cables.
Nexans – France Fax: +33 15669 8484
Email: Website:
Nexans signs joint venture
agreements with Polycab
Simbaf Company manufactures tele-
phone and power cables from its
21,000m2 facility at Saveh.
At present the factory not only
produces power cable according to
VDE-BS-ISIRI standards but also
various types of telecommunication
cables including buried filled cables
(BFC), conduit filled cables (CFC),
self supporting cables (SSC), indoor
cables, coaxial and sheathed cables,
fire resistant and special order cables
(SSC). Simbaf is the holder of a
standards certificate from Industrial
Research Institute of Iran and ISO
9002 DNV Holland.
Simbaf Company Ltd – Iran
Fax: +98 256234 2115
Email:
Website :
Making cables in Iran
Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc has released
the latest edition of its Blue Book
wire drawing reference guide, com-
pletely updated and available in
English, Chinese and Russian.
The guide provides valuable, current
information on hole size tolerances,
available polycrystalline diamond
materials and dimensions, and die
material comparison tools.
Other content includes wire gauge
charts, detailed wire die technical
drawings and nomenclature, die
re-cutting options, mathematical
wire drawing principles and more,
all constructed and organised to
guide engineers through a logical
die selection process.
Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc – USA
Fax: +1 260 747 4269
Email:
Website :
New Blue Book edition
FWWD’s Blue Book m m