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EuroWire – January 2011 10
corporate news
The new nkt factory in Germany ▲ ▲
A new cable factory for nkt has been specially designed and
constructed to make cable production as efficient as possible.
The move to the factory (named f2c – an abbreviation of ‘flow to
customer’) will be completed during 2011, when production capacity
will be increased and especially aimed at submarine and extra high
voltage cables.
nkt acknowledges that the mix of power sources will change
dramatically in the future, with renewable energies becoming
increasingly important.
This change of energy mix will lead to a decentralised energy
generation. In order to meet the requirements of customers, and the
changing market demands, nkt cables has tried to create the most
efficient answer to the future challenges.
“We believe that f2c will play a major role in the offshore business,” said
Dion Metzemaekers, chief executive of the nkt cables group. “Our new
factory marks a decisive milestone in the history of cable factories.
“Never before has a project in this scale been executed. No one in the
cable production business has ever invested as heavily in the future, as
we have done with our new plant. It will become the benchmark for
extra high voltage and submarine cable production.”
nkt cables group GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 221 676 2033
Email:
Website:
Sikora AG has received one of the biggest orders
in its history, worth €1 million. The order from
Tele-Fonika Kable, Krakau, will see the company
using Sikora measuring systems in its cable plants in
Kraków/Bieżanów, Kraków/Wielicka and Bydgoszcz
in Poland for quality assurance during cable
production.
The order includes wall thickness, eccentricity
and diameter measuring systems, and breakdown
testers for installation in CV-lines, insulating and
jacketing lines.
Sikora AG – Germany
Fax : +49 421 48900 90
Email :
Website :
€1m order
fromTele-
Fonika Kable
Cologne factory for nkt