WCA March 2008

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ISO-9001 success for DSM’s China operations

Better performance The installation of Morgan Construction Company’s No-Twist Mill ® (NTM) guide upgrades has resulted in significant improvements in mill utilisation at the ArcelorMittal Georgetown steel plant in Georgetown, South Carolina, USA, according to rolling mill division manager Danie Devapiriam. “At the time of the upgrade, we had been experiencing many delays and cobbles in the NTM utilising outdated equipment. “Overall we have experienced better-than- expected performance and benefits from this upgrade over the past five months,” he added.

DSM Desotech has received ISO-9001 certification for its China operation. This includes a sales office in Shanghai, as well as a local production facility at DSM Desotech Specialty Chemicals (Shanghai), Ltd (DDSC). As a leading supplier of UV-curable coatings, inks and matrix resins to the optical fibre industry, DSM Desotech opened DDSC in 2005 in response to significant growth in the Asian optical fibre and cable market. The plant currently produces Cablelite ® fibre optic inks for the

Asia-Pacific region and is Desotech’s fourth manufacturing facility to receive ISO-9001 certification. “We are extremely pleased to be able to demonstrate in this way DSM Desotech’s commitment to the quality supply of our customers throughout China and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region,” said DSM Desotech Asia-Pacific sales director Weber Lin.

Morgan Construction Co – USA Fax : +1 508 755 6140 Email : sales@morganco.com Website : www.morganco.com

DSM Desotech – USA Fax : +1 847 468 7785

Email : info@dsmdesotech.com Website : www.dsmdesotech.com

InterWire Group opens a new facility l in Mexico

InterWire Products (IWP) has opened a new facility in Mexico to accommodate significant business growth and the demand for high quality ferrous and non-ferrous wire. The new 30,000 square foot facility will service the wire markets in the Mexican region. “We are very excited to officially open the doors to InterWire Mexico after so many months of preparation,” said Frank Cardile Jr, president of IWP. “I’m confident that customers will find our wire products of high quality, our customer service excellent and our prices reasonable.” Pete Rosa has been appointed general manager of IWP Mexico. Pete has been with the company for more than 15 years and has played an important role in managing the growth of IWP’s Connecticut division. This event follows IWP’s recent expansion in North Carolina with a 54,000ft 2 facility and Michigan with an 80,000ft 2 facility servicing the Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan markets.

InterWire’s new facility in Mexico m

the existing distribution centres now provides IWP, the largest distributor of fine quality wire, with a total of 500,000ft 2 of warehousing throughout the United States and Mexico. The new, state-of-the-art IWP facility is located at Tepeyac 1420-D, Parque

Industrial Odonnell-Aeropuerto, El Marques, Queretaro, CP 76250 Mexico.

InterWire Group – USA Fax : +1 914 273 6848

Email : info@interwiregroup.com Website : www.interwiregroup.com

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Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2008