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The world‘s fastest secondary coating line
came about when Rosendahl and Nextrom
launched its new generation of loose tube
lines, which is not only small in its footprint
but also the first to beat the 1,000-metres-
per-minute mark. But it didn‘t come
without its share of investment.
Rosendahl and Nextrom have invested
heavily to bring the high-speed
production line to market, but the line
itself isn‘t the only major improvements
they have made. The companies have
also invested in the production facilty in
Pischelsdorf, Austria.
Besides the three existing technology
centres – one laboratory for cable
production, one for battery machine
manufacture and one clean room
laboratory for optical fibre technology
in Vantaa, Finland – a fourth one has
been established for exclusive customer
demonstrations in a highly professional
environment.
The newly established technology
centre is home to inspirations and ideas
of visionaries and technologists and
includes the opportunity for customers
to see the running lines in demonstration.
The facility covers 700m2 for the set-up
and testing of the newly developed
production lines and includes a meeting
room for technical workshops.
Through the new technology centre,
Rosendahl and Nextrom are developing
all the processes that will make
state-of-the-art cable manufacturing
reality. Rosendahl Nextrom are pushing
the limits of regular cable production and
enabling customers to visit and see the
performing lines themselves.
“Our new technology centre will allow us
to innovate locally for our customers and
promote those innovations to the world, “
said CEOs Siegfried Altmann and Gerhard
Jakopic.
“Over the past decade, we have risen
our R&D investment and expanded our
global network of sales and service units
to address customers’ growing needs for
breakthrough technology that we develop
together with them. We see significant
performance opportunities and having the
best technology will ensure we maintain
our quality in our solutions.”
Rosendahl – Austria
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Nextrom OY – Finland
Website:
New technology centre opens
▲ ▲ The management: Johann Jäkel, Gerhard Jakopic, Ernst Altmann and Siegfried Altmann (from left to right)
African move
JDR, a developer and producer of steel and thermoplastic subsea production
umbilicals and subsea power cables, has established a new service and
maintenance facility in Port Harcourt and Lagos, Nigeria, in partnership with Royal
Niger Emerging Technologies.
Under the agreement JDR will provide local content to the West African oil and gas
market, with Nigeria as its first location for services in the region.
JDR – UK Website: