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DSM Desotech has received
ISO-9001 certification for its China
operation.
This includes a sales office in
Shanghai, as well as a local
production facility at DSM
Desotech Specialty Chemicals
(Shanghai), Ltd (DDSC). As a
leading supplier of UV-curable
coatings, inks and matrix resins to
the optical fibre industry, DSM
Desotech opened DDSC in 2005
in response to significant growth
in the Asian optical fibre and
cable market.
The plant currently produces
Cablelite® fibre optic inks for the
Asia-Pacific region and is
Desotech’s fourth manufacturing
facility to receive ISO-9001
certification.
“We are extremely pleased to
be able to demonstrate in this
way DSM Desotech’s commitment
to the quality supply of our
customers throughout China and
the rest of the Asia-Pacific region,”
said DSM Desotech Asia-Pacific
sales director Weber Lin.
DSM Desotech
– USA
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ISO-9001 success for DSM’s
China operations
InterWire Products (IWP) has opened a
new facility in Mexico to accommodate
significant business growth and the
demand for high quality ferrous and
non-ferrous wire.
The new 30,000 square foot facility will
service the wire markets in the Mexican
region.
“We are very excited to officially open
the doors to InterWire Mexico after so
many months of preparation,” said
Frank Cardile Jr, president of IWP.
“I’m confident that customers will find
our wire products of high quality, our
customer service excellent and our
prices reasonable.”
Pete Rosa has been appointed general
manager of IWP Mexico. Pete has
been with the company for more than
15 years and has played an important
role in managing the growth of IWP’s
Connecticut division.
This event follows IWP’s recent
expansion in North Carolina with a
54,000ft2 facility and Michigan with an
80,000ft2 facility servicing the Western
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Michigan markets.
The addition of these new locations to
the existing distribution centres now
provides IWP, the largest distributor of
fine quality wire, with a total of
500,000ft2 of warehousing throughout
the United States and Mexico.
The new, state-of-the-art IWP facility is
located at Tepeyac 1420-D, Parque
Industrial Odonnell-Aeropuerto, El
Marques, Queretaro, CP 76250
Mexico.
InterWire Group – USA
Fax : +1 914 273 6848
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InterWire Group opens a new facility
lin Mexico
InterWire’s new facility in Mexico m
Better performance
The installation of Morgan Construction
Company’s No-Twist Mill® (NTM) guide
upgrades has resulted in significant
improvements in mill utilisation at the
ArcelorMittal Georgetown steel plant in
Georgetown, South Carolina, USA, according
to rolling mill division manager Danie
Devapiriam.
“At the time of the upgrade, we had been
experiencing many delays and cobbles in the
NTM utilising outdated equipment.
“Overall we have experienced better-than-
expected performance and benefits from this
upgrade over the past five months,” he added.
Morgan Construction Co – USA
Fax: +1 508 755 6140
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