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Nextrom Oy, a global supplier of
optical fibre and cable manufacturing
equipment, has been awarded with a
contract from CGCRI, Kolkata, India
to supply a Modified Chemical Vapor
Deposition (MCVD) and a rare earth
vapour phase doping system for
academic research and industrial
research and development projects.
“Technical competence and repu-
tation were big factors behind
Nextrom’s success,” explained a
spokesperson for CGCRI, one of the
premier research and development
organisations in India particularly
devoted to glass and ceramics.
The Institute has around 600
employees, students and trainees
and is actively working on a variety
of local and international research
projects including special glasses,
optical fibres, electro-ceramics and
Sol-Gel technology.
A number of major programmes have
been initiated at CGCRI in key areas
that include fibre laser, optical
amplifier and grating-based sensors.
The Nextrom equipment is scheduled
for installation before June 2009. The
unit has many special features,
designed and fabricated according to
CGCRI’s very specific requirements.
Nextrom Oy – Finland
Fax: +358 9 5025 3003
Email:
Website:
MCVD system
chosen by
CGCRI, India
Breen Color, a leading supplier of
colour and performance additive
concentrates to the wire and cable
industry for thirty years, offers an
expanded array of polymer colour
concentrates – PVC, PE, PP, EVA,
PVDF, FEP, ETFE, MFA and PFA. In
addition, Breen Color has recently
released the Ultralor EF zero-halogen
product line specifically designed for
high temperature, ultra–thin wall
applications.
All of Breen’s concentrates are
offered in RoHS compliant and
traditional formulations. Its range of
performance additive concentrates
includes UV, foaming, anti-oxidant
and nucleating packages designed
for use with PVC, PE, PP, EVA and
fluoro-polymer systems.
Breen Color Concentrates – USA
Fax: +1 609 397 2522
Website:
RoHS compliant colour range
❍ Nextrom equipment chosen by CGCRI