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20 Wire & Cable ASIA – July/August 2014
Industrynews
MELOS GmbH in Germany and Inhol
BV in The Netherlands have entered
into a strategic partnership agreement
to expand their delivery programmes.
By signing this agreement both
companies will be able to market a
wider range of compounds to the wire
and cable industry. Through this new
agreement Melos and Inhol intend to
explore the synergies between the two
companies in the field of compound
technology and product development.
Both companies have earned the trust
of leading wire and cable
manufacturers around the world.
Together Melos and Inhol will utilise the
Mecoline brand name and harness a
team of specialists to design,
manufacture and market innovative
Mecoline compounds.
Meanwhile, Melos has made
investments in additional co-kneader
technology to boost its compounding
capacity, coming by the end of 2014.
Melos and Inhol will put major focus on
designing premium green compounds
that offer excellent properties.
Improved economical use of
compounds by application of social
science will not only result in a safer
world but will also stimulate savings of
chemical and energy resources.
By offering non-corrosive and zero
halogen solutions whilst meeting
extreme performance and
processability requirements, both
companies have already made
remarkable progress during the last few
years. From now on a dedicated
technical team headed by Marcus
Hohlweck in Germany and Ron
Goethals in The Netherlands will offer
their customers high standard technical
service, research and development
support and general support.
“Over the last years Melos has grown
organically by supplying compounds to
many customers across the world. Our
modern production facilities allow us
to manufacture numerous types of
compounds to meet the demand of the
wire and cable market,” said Marcus
Hohlweck, business unit manager of
Melos GmbH.
“The new strategic alliance with Inhol BV
will provide us with additional technology
in the field of cross-linkable compounds.
It is our objective to aggressively grow
our wire and cable compound business
around the globe and to further invest in
state-of-the-art manufacturing
equipment, lean manufacturing systems
and up to date R&D facilities.”
“We take pride in joining our forces
with Melos GmbH,” added Ron
Goethals, director and co-owner of
Inhol BV. “We are excited about the
opportunity to have direct access to
well-equipped R&D laboratories and
manufacturing facilities for our
European and Far East activities.”
Melos GmbH – Germany
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Inhol BV – Netherlands
Website:
Partnership agreement for delivery
❍ Partnership between Melos and Inhol
Copper advances ahead of trade data
Shanghai copper futures climbed in mid-April ahead of trade data from
China, the world’s largest user of copper.
On 21st April the contract for July delivery on the Shanghai futures exchange
rose 0.5 per cent to 46,600 yuan ($7,487) a metric ton. The previous week
copper had fallen 0.8 per cent after four weeks of gains.