EuroWire May 2015

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New technology centre opens

The world‘s fastest secondary coating line came about when Rosendahl and Nextrom launched its new generation of loose tube lines, which is not only small in its footprint but also the first to beat the 1,000-metres- per-minute mark. But it didn‘t come without its share of investment. Rosendahl and Nextrom have invested heavily to bring the high-speed production line to market, but the line itself isn‘t the only major improvements they have made. The companies have also invested in the production facilty in Pischelsdorf, Austria. Besides the three existing technology centres – one laboratory for cable production, one for battery machine manufacture and one clean room laboratory for optical fibre technology in Vantaa, Finland – a fourth one has been established for exclusive customer demonstrations in a highly professional environment. technology centre is home to inspirations and ideas of visionaries and technologists and includes the opportunity for customers to see the running lines in demonstration. The facility covers 700m 2 for the set-up and testing of the newly developed production lines and includes a meeting room for technical workshops. The newly established

▲ ▲ The management: Johann Jäkel, Gerhard Jakopic, Ernst Altmann and Siegfried Altmann (from left to right)

“Our new technology centre will allow us to innovate locally for our customers and promote those innovations to the world, “ said CEOs Siegfried Altmann and Gerhard Jakopic. “Over the past decade, we have risen our R&D investment and expanded our global network of sales and service units to address customers’ growing needs for breakthrough technology that we develop together with them. We see significant performance opportunities and having the best technology will ensure we maintain our quality in our solutions.” Rosendahl – Austria Website : www.rosendahlaustria.com Nextrom OY – Finland Website : www.nextrom.com

Through the new technology centre, Rosendahl and Nextrom are developing all the processes that will make state-of-the-art cable manufacturing reality. Rosendahl Nextrom are pushing the limits of regular cable production and enabling customers to visit and see the performing lines themselves.

African move JDR, a developer and producer of steel and thermoplastic subsea production umbilicals and subsea power cables, has established a new service and maintenance facility in Port Harcourt and Lagos, Nigeria, in partnership with Royal Niger Emerging Technologies. Under the agreement JDR will provide local content to the West African oil and gas market, with Nigeria as its first location for services in the region. JDR – UK Website : www.jdrglobal.com

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