News
Corporate
November 2014
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For the fourth successive year, Gebr
Kufferath AG, Düren has increased its
turnover with 2013 figures showing
€69.8m turnover – a rise of 1.3 per cent
over 2012.
The first quarter 2013 saw the scheduled
completion of the substantial investment
programme started in 2012. The producer
of woven mesh-based media and systems
solutions had put another €3.8m into
furthering the introduction of the latest
fabrication technology and the expansion
of production capacity at the parent
works in Düren, Germany.
In 2013, Gebr Kufferath AG – with seven
production facilities, numerous offices
and worldwide agents – recorded
substantial growth in Europe. However,
this was to some extent balanced out by
delays in acceptance in the USA and in
Asia.
All of GKD’s business units – Solid Weave
(industrial mesh), Weave In Motion
(process belt solutions) and Creative
Weave (architectural mesh) – contributed
to the overall positive results through
individual market successes with new
products.
At the close of 2013, GKD had a total of
653 employees including 23 trainees
worldwide (up from 645 in 2012), of
which 402 members of staff and 22
trainees were employed at the company
headquarters in Düren.
“It was our characteristic agility that
enabled us to successfully weather the
increased volatility of the market last
year. Our long-term business strategy of
continually rolling out new or improved
products faster than the competition
and thus reinforcing our strong market
position worldwide has proven itself
once again,” said GKD director Dr Stephan
Kufferath.
Especially in Europe, GKD succeeded in
enlarging the market shares of all of its
business units as against the competition.
The main reason for this was the strong
focus on product innovations and
new fields of application in the sectors
of automotive manufacturing, water
filtration, corrugated board production
and architectural systems solutions.
Gebr Kufferath AG – Germany
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Due to the rising prices for copper and aluminium the measurement of material
proportion in cable conductors becomes increasingly important during production
and laboratory tests. The added extras in material to safely fulfil the standards of a
given cable decrease the more exact the measurement can be realised.
A second important factor, especially in the production
process, is the measurement duration. Using Schuetz’s new
test equipment this can overcome these bottle necks and
increase the gain in time, material and money.
Aluminium and copper conductors can be measured with
the new test equipment PWD-2040 AL/CO for laboratory
quality test and PWD-3040 AL/CO for control measurements
during production. PWD-3040 AL/CO fits to all stranding
machines and can be easily mounted between compactor
and capstan or between capstan and take up.
The equipment can be delivered for copper and aluminium,
or both. The contacting system (current, potential) differs in
aluminium and copper but the more elaborate system for
aluminium can easily be adapted for copper.
The short test duration is realised by measurement in
water. The temperature equalisation between conductor
and temperature probe is very fast due to the high thermal
conductivity of water compared with air.
SchuetzMesstechnik GmbH – Germany
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Testing in the laboratory
Fourth successive rise in turnover for GKD
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