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Industry News
17 Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2007
New wire drawing plant
Ugitech is to build a new wire
drawing plant in Brumby, eastern
Germany, near the border with the
Czech Republic.
This new unit will produce 5,000
tons of technical products and
commodities (wires for welding and
springs, as well as bright wires).
The plant will strengthen Ugitech’s
position in the stainless steel and
alloy wire market, and will reinforce
the activities of the French and
German units already operating in
Bourg-en-Bresse, Brionne, Imphy
and Reichshof.
With a surface area of 5,000m², the
Brumby wire drawing unit will house
approximately 10 main production
machines (drawing machines and
annealing furnaces) and will employ
around 70 people.
Ugitech – France
Fax: +33 1 41 25 59 88
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First two-stand aluminium
cold rolling mill for China
CSWA Cold Rolling Co Ltd (Southwest
Aluminium), China, which belongs to the
Chinalco Group, has placed an order
with SMS Demag, Germany, for the
supply of a two-stand cold rolling mill
for aluminium and aluminium alloys.
The ceremony for the signing of the
contract took place in the Great Hall of
the People in Beijing, underlining the
significance of this new plant for China.
The two-stand cold rolling mill
constitutes the core of an investment
package by means of which CSWA
intends to increase its cold rolling
capacity to more than half a million
tons per year.
The new mill will produce tin-can strip,
panelling and litho material for the
printing industry. The cold strip can be
rolled up to a width of 1,800mm and a
maximum final thickness of 0.15mm.
The new rolling mill is equipped
with ultra-modern actuators and
technological control systems.
Both standards are designed with the
CVC6 plus® technology. Such a multi-
stand mill is particularly sophisticated
in terms of technology because of the
temperature sensitivity of the rolling oil
used for the cold rolling of aluminium.
The mill stands, as well as all core
components, are manufactured in
SMS Demag’s workshop in Germany.
Commissioning is scheduled for the
spring of 2009.
SMS Demag – Germany
Fax: +49 211 881 4386
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New chief executive
Borouge, the provider of innovative
plastics solutions in the Middle East,
Asia Pacific and Africa has appointed
Harald Hammer as Chief Executive
Officer of Borouge Pte Ltd, its
Singapore-headquartered marketing
company.
Borouge Pte Ltd – Singapore
Fax: +65 6377 1233
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