WCA May 2009

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Braude appoints agent in India

Amit has been working in this sector for many years and we are very confident that with his experience we should be able to bring our products to the attention of more companies in India. “All in all it was a very successful exercise that will be the foundation for a permanent presence in the Indian market.”

exercise as much as a sales promotion. We have certainly achieved the first objective and it has confirmed our view that India is a vibrant and exciting market that is going to become more important over the next few years. “We also took the time to see some of our existing customers, which proved very useful. “As a result of the visit we have appointed Amit Banerjee of Beam International as our agent for the industrial steel, wire and tube sector.

E Braude (London) Ltd is a specialist manufacturer of heating equipment for the highly corrosive liquids found in pickling procedures used in the steel industry and in many chemical and metal finishing processes. The company attended the Wire and Cable India exhibition in November 2008, to display its range of equipment for corrosive liquids. David Snoxhill, the managing director said, “This was the company’s first visit to India and as such was a fact finding Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc has released the latest edition of its Blue Book wire drawing reference guide, com- pletely updated and available in English, Chinese and Russian. The guide provides valuable, current information on hole size tolerances, available polycrystalline diamond materials and dimensions, and die material comparison tools. New Blue Book edition

E Braude (London) Ltd – UK Fax : +44 1252 875281 Email : info@braude.co.uk Website : www.braude.co.uk

Nexans signs joint venture agreements with Polycab

Nexans has announced the signature of the final agreements with Polycab, India’s largest cable company, for the creation of a joint venture to be majority-held by Nexans and managed in close cooperation with its Indian partner. The joint venture, with its headquarters in Vadodara in the state of Gujarat, will cover the manufacture and marketing of special cables for the shipbuilding, material handling, railway and windpower industries. The agreements also include the production of high voltage (HV) underground cables, which was initially anticipated to constitute a second phase. Michel Lemaire, executive vice president for the Asia-Pacific area of Nexans, said: “By signing today’s agreements with Polycab, we team up with a high-quality partner to ensure the success of our first industrial venture in the Indian market, as well as benefiting from the sustained growth of this emerging economy. Moreover, the immediate extension of the scope of our agreement to include high voltage cables should allow us to take a strong position in the growing power infrastructures market in India.” The industrial element of the joint venture, which includes the construction of the new cable production unit, will start immediately and cover a period from 18 to 24 months. Polycab currently has sales of over $600 million, with twelve plants employing more than 3,500 people in the manufacture of power and building cables.

Nexans – France

Fax : +33 15669 8484

Email : nexans.web@nexans.com

Website : www.nexans.com

Simbaf Company manufactures tele- phone and power cables from its 21,000m 2 facility at Saveh. At present the factory not only produces power cable according to VDE-BS-ISIRI standards but also various types of telecommunication cables including buried filled cables (BFC), conduit filled cables (CFC), self supporting cables (SSC), indoor Making cables in Iran

FWWD’s Blue Book m m

Other content includes wire gauge charts, detailed wire die technical drawings and nomenclature, die re-cutting options, mathematical wire drawing principles and more, all constructed and organised to guide engineers through a logical die selection process. Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc – USA Fax : +1 260 747 4269

cables, coaxial and sheathed cables, fire resistant and special order cables (SSC). Simbaf is the holder of a standards certificate from Industrial Research Institute of Iran and ISO 9002 DNV Holland.

Simbaf Company Ltd – Iran Fax : +98 256234 2115 Email : info@simbaf.com Website : www.simbaf.com

Email : sales@fwwd.com Website : www.fwwd.com

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