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EuroWire – September 2007 28
english corporate news
Maillefer, Switzerland, has reported a successful Interwire 2007 show, with more
visitors to the company’s stand than in the previous two shows. Noticeable interest was
expressed in the company’s energy, telecom and fibre optics products.
Energy applications included the latest designs from building, automotive to high
speed MV cable manufacturing and optimum curing for CV lines. The CV lines balance
speed and layout length for high productivity of quality cables of up to 500kV.
A THX 70/130 crosshead was also on display.
In the field of fibre optic cable equipment, OEL lines are used throughout every step
of loose tube fibre optic cable production. The OEL 40, 41, 70 and 60 lines represent,
respectively, solutions for tight buffering, secondary coating, SZ stranding and
jacketing.
Maillefer’s telecom products range from voice, data and LAN, to micro-coax, mini-coax,
CATV, drop & trunk, and large RF coax. The latest developments are found in LAN and
micro-coax cable. For micro-wires used in hand-held devices, overall diameters are
shrinking down to the order of a tenth of a millimetre for solid insulation. Physically
foamed dual layer constructions are slightly larger.
Interwire also gave Maillefer the opportunity to confirm developments in North
America. The US team, headed by Sharon Nathaniel and Jon Williams, is in the process
of strengthening services by increasing the number of technicians supporting US and
Canadian customers.
Maillefer SA – Switzerland Fax: +41 21 691 2143
Email: Website :
New committee chairman
Karel Helsen has been elected as chairman of the new Deployment and Operations
committee of the Brussels-based Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council.
This newly created committee now combines the former Infrastructure and
Architecture committees while adding an economics dimension that includes capital
and operating expenditure models for active and passive technology, case studies
and the evolution of FTTH technology deployment.
Karel Helsen is currently director of marketing for Amsterdam-based optical fibre
technology specialist Draka Comteq.
Previously he was SVP Marketing and Sales for Global Crossing Europe, builder of the
largest high performance optical broadband infrastructure in the world.
Draka Comteq Optical Fibre – Netherlands Fax: +31 40 2923 866
Email: Website:
lSuccess at Interwire for Maillefer
More visitors flocked to the Maillefer stand ▲