EoW November 2008

english corporate news

Meltech’s new operations manager Wire and coiling equipment specialist, Meltech Engineering Ltd has appointed Duncan Prince as operations manager at its Blackburn manufacturing facility. With increasing global demand for the company's products in the wire, cable and offshore markets, Mr Prince will be responsible for production planning and project communications. Formerly director of one of the Hyde Group’s Aeroproducts Division companies in Manchester, Mr Prince has 20 years experience of production planning and project management. He joins Meltech Engineering as the company prepares to develop its next generation coiling systems for the offshore industry, and a range of energy efficient, electrical heat treatment furnaces for the wire and aerospace sectors. “Meltech Engineering has a reputation for developing and manufacturing bespoke engineering equipment that has to be tightly integrated within a customer’s production processes. Duncan Prince’s experience will strengthen our capabilities in this critical area, as we respond to increasing sales demand from customers,” said Peter Drever, sales and marketing director, Meltech Engineering Ltd.

Reelex adds new R&D wing

Reelex Packaging Solutions has added a new wing to its facility devoted to research and development of the Reelex® packaging system. “Tangle-free packaging has benefits for thousands of products beyond just LAN and coaxial cable, and this new wing illustrates our enthusiasm for creating complete packaging solutions for those products,” said Frank Kotzur, Reelex’s VP of research and development. “With this new facility, we will be developing our packaging technology for a wider range of products including fibre optics, steel cable, building wire and more.” The new facility features a full machine shop for creating unique on-demand parts as well as a state of the art 3D printing machine for fabricating rapid prototypes. “Because we are the only company developing the Reelex package, we must have the ability to try new designs and adapt our technology to the unique characteristics of various products in a rapid manner,” Mr Kotzur said. “We are positioning ourselves to meet as many packaging demands as possible.” Reelex Packaging Solutions – USA Fax : +1 845 878 7884 Email : sales@reelex.com Website : www.reelex.com

Meltech Engineering – UK Fax : +44 1254 691488 Email : sales@meltech.co.uk Website : www.meltech.co.uk

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EuroWire – November 2008