WCA March 2012

VIPs at Daloo open house ▲ ▲ The open day at the Daloo site in Changzhou

frame, others by the safety devices or the specific requirements of the line. The visitors also appreciated the chance to check Daloo’s facilities and strict tracking system applied to guarantee the quality of every material and component in the manufacturing process.

DALOO welcomed more than 10 VIPs from the major cable producers all over the world at a recent open house in Changzhou, China. Delegates attended the day from France, Egypt, USA, China, Philippines, Japan and Korea. While Mr Guy Soulas, general manager of Daloo, introduced the organisation and business partners for the day, the skilled test engineers team demonstrated a rigid stranding machine 54 wires and operated the side loading system with bobbins. Some guests were more interested by the quality of the

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Cheaper copper lifts Elsewedy’s profitability

geographic strategy, establishing cable plants across the Middle East in poor and underdeveloped infrastructure markets that could potentially serve as export hubs for neighbouring markets, such as Sudan and Ethiopia to the rest of Africa, and Yemen and Syria to Iraq. Elsewedy – Egypt Fax : +20 225 799 739 Email : acc@elsewedy.com Website : www.elsewedy.com expansion

AlembicHC in Dubai. “This should ease balance pressure, which has been a primary concern for the past year.” Elsewedy has four main business segments: wires and cables, electrical products, turnkey projects and wind energy, with the low-margin wires and cables sector the primary revenue source (more than 75 per cent of revenue and 60 per cent of value of gross profit during 2010). Elsewedy has also pursued a

The price of copper has fallen by 25 per cent since its peak in February last year. With copper accounting for 80 to 85 per cent of its copper cable production costs Elsewedy Electric, believed to be the Arab world’s biggest cable maker, is boosting productivity. “Working investment savings for the copper cable business could amount to as much as $33 per tonne, for every $100 fall in copper prices,” said Ahmed Hafez, an analyst at

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