WCA September 2018

Industry news

Cimteq and AESA join forces

thorough control of manufacturing, enabling for continuous improvement and optimisation of plants’ capabilities.” Cimteq Ltd – UK Website : www.cimteq.com AESA Cortaillod – Switzerland Website : www.aesa-cortaillod.com

Manuel Felder, senior area sales manager AESA, said: “This cooperation will allow us to provide a full-fledged solution for cable manufacturing covering the entire management of production processes, starting from design to final testing. This will allow customers to have a

TO stay ahead in the competitive industry of wire and cable, it is paramount that cable manufacturers improve their productivity and profitability in the face of increasingly complex challenges. The cable market is continuously evolving, and new, increasingly stringent requirements are regularly introduced. To keep their competitive edge, manufacturers must consistently introduce improvement initiatives to boost yield whilst ensuring, and continuously enhancing, product quality. The partnership between Cimteq Ltd and AESA SA will provide customers with the combined skills, knowledge and products to provide a complete integrated solution, helping customers to become more profitable by saving materials and increasing quality. Cimteq provides an innovative set of integrated products that are designed to manage the design and manufacturing functions of the cable manufacturer’s business. CableBuilder and CableMES reduce waste, improve quality and traceability, reduce lead time, improve customer service, improve product design and improve data and costing accuracy. AESA has been providing measuring systems, devices and quality- performance services for 40 years. It leverages its know-how to pioneer innovative solutions which provide clients with an advantage in terms of quality and process improvements. The CIQ quality management system supports additional traceability features as well as extended quality improvement and data management capabilities. Ali Shehab, Cimteq CEO, said: “The partnership will give us the leading edge in being the first system that completely closes the loop between design engineering, manufacturing and quality control. “The closed loop saves materials and improves product quality for our customers. We do this by seamlessly combining best-of-breed products from Cimteq and AESA.”

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