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22 Wire & Cable ASIA – November/December 2014
Industrynews
FOR the fourth successive year, Gebr
Kufferath AG, Düren has increased its
turnover, with 2013 figures showing
€69.8m turnover – a rise of 1.3 per cent
over 2012.
The first quarter 2013 saw the scheduled
completion of the substantial investment
programme started in 2012. The
producer of woven mesh-based media
and systems solutions had put another
€3.8m into furthering the introduction of
the latest fabrication technology and the
expansion of production capacity at the
parent works in Düren.
In 2013, Gebr Kufferath AG – with seven
production facilities, numerous offices
and worldwide agents – recorded
substantial growth in Europe. However,
this was to some extent balanced out by
delays in acceptance in the USA and in
Asia.
All of GKD’s business units – Solid
Weave (industrial mesh), Weave In
Motion (process belt solutions) and
Creative Weave (architectural mesh) –
contributed to the overall positive results
through individual market successes
with new products.
At the close of 2013, GKD had a total of
653 employees including 23 trainees
worldwide (up from 645 in 2012), of
which 402 members of staff and 22
trainees were employed at the company
headquarters in Düren.
“It was our characteristic agility that
enabled us to successfully weather the
increased volatility of the market last
year. Our long-term business strategy of
continually rolling out new or improved
products faster than the competition and
thus reinforcing our strong market
position worldwide has proven itself
once again,” said GKD director Dr
Stephan Kufferath.
Especially in Europe, GKD succeeded in
enlarging the market shares of all of its
business units as against the
competition. The main reason for this
was the strong focus on product
innovations and new fields of application
in the sectors of automotive
manufacturing, water filtration,
corrugated board production and
architectural systems solutions.
Gebr Kufferath AG – Germany
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Wiedenbach Apparatebau, a supplier
of cable and wire marking equipment,
organised the first Cable & Wire
Marking Conference (CWMC) in a hotel
on the shores of Lake Constance,
Germany.
A total of 70 professionals, including
cable manufacturers and harness
makers from 15 countries including
China and South Korea, took part in
the conference.
Speakers from cable manufacturing
and processing equipment
manufacturers like Rosendahl, Medek
& Schörner, Gebauer & Griller and
Komax, from the cable marking
equipment manufacturers Domino
Laser and Wiedenbach, from polymer
suppliers PolyOne and Grafe Color
Batch, from ink suppliers Domino
Printing Sciences and Wiedenbach,
and from quality testing and surface
treatment equipment suppliers DVS
and Arcotec held 12 lectures on
different aspects concerning cable
marking.
The conference participants received
information about global trends and the
likely effects on the wire and cable
business, cable marking requirements,
the state-of-the-art marking techniques,
optical effects of cable codings,
properties of insulation polymers and
the modifiability by additives,
interactions between cable surfaces
and marking media as well as economic
efficiency and quality control.
The CWMC is thematically so far
unique on the market and
complements conferences organised
by professional associations of the
wire and cable branch, its suppliers
and market research organisations.
Wiedenbach Apparatebau GmbH
– Germany
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Rebuilding and
upgrading of wire
and cable making
machines
Queins Machines strip down used
equipment and build it again, with
worn parts such as bearings, belts,
brakes and pneumatic and/or
hydraulic components being
completely renewed.
This is in addition to new electrical
wiring and new electrical controls, for
which Queins uses the latest
technology, including energy efficient
digital drivers and modern PLC
controls.
Further services used during
upgrading include the installation of
longer screws/barrels on extruders,
modification of stranding lines
composition as well as a mixture of
lines with new and pre-owned
components, in order to guarantee
highest output at reasonable costs.
Queins Machines GmbH – Germany
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Conference insight into cable marking features
❍ Delegates of the Cable & Wire Marking Conference in one of the 12 lectures
Increase in turnover for GKD