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General Cable has announced the appointment of Dr Günther Schöffner as MD of its subsidiary Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW). Dr Schöffner will succeed Rudolf Stahl, who has led the company since General Cable’s acquisition of NSW. He will assist Dr Schöffner in the transition and might continue as an external consultant. Dr Schöffner has an MBA, a PhD in engineering, and nearly ten years of senior management experience in energy transmission and distribution with Siemens. Management changes

A statement from the Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel reports that the company’s long steel division shipped approximately 110,000 metric tons of rebar during January 2013. Around 200 metric tons was exported, and the balance sold into the domestic market. Results are expected to be similar for February. Russian rebar

Responding to increasing rate of fiber to the home (FTTH) deployments by providers in the Middle East, Reichle and De-Massari (R&M), a Swiss structured-cabling specialist, is increasing its focus on this growingmarket. Jean-Pierre Labry, executive vice president of R&M Middle East, Turkey and Africa, has confirmed that the company has been working closely with telecom providers in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman on large-scale FTTH projects. Mr Labry also revealed that the company is to launch new products to expand its FTTx portfolio, including the new Venus FXXL solution with an integrated single circuit management (SCM) system and field connectors. “The FTTH market in the Middle East is growing at a rate that far surpasses even that in mature IT markets. A report from the FTTH council MENA has shown that the UAE already leads the global rankings with an FTTH penetration of 64.8 percent. Other countries in the region, in particular Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt and Turkey, are also investing in this technology and we are sure to see widespreadpenetrationwithin a fewyears,” said Mr Labry. FTTH focus for Middle East

Wire rope tech center

The wire rope manufacturer Bridon International has opened a technical facility at its Doncaster, UK, site. The Bridon Technology Center (BTC) will design and test some of the largest ropes in the world, and is thought to be among the most advanced facilities of its type. Bridon has invested over $7.5million in the facility’s testing and analysis equipment, which will evaluate rope constructions for their suitability for use in punishing conditions and enable the development of increasingly sophisticated ropes to meet the needs of customers across a range of industry sectors. The center is set to create five new skilled positions, and support the work of Bridon’s global production capability including the Doncaster Wire Mill, where the company recently invested in equipment upgrades.

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