WCA July 2014

Industry news

Partnership agreement for delivery

MELOS GmbH in Germany and Inhol BV in The Netherlands have entered into a strategic partnership agreement to expand their delivery programmes. By signing this agreement both companies will be able to market a wider range of compounds to the wire and cable industry. Through this new agreement Melos and Inhol intend to explore the synergies between the two companies in the field of compound technology and product development. Both companies have earned the trust of leading wire and cable manufacturers around the world. Together Melos and Inhol will utilise the Mecoline brand name and harness a team of specialists to design, manufacture and market innovative Mecoline compounds. Meanwhile, Melos has made investments in additional co-kneader technology to boost its compounding capacity, coming by the end of 2014.

Melos and Inhol will put major focus on designing premium green compounds that offer excellent properties. Improved economical use of compounds by application of social science will not only result in a safer world but will also stimulate savings of chemical and energy resources. By offering non-corrosive and zero halogen solutions whilst meeting extreme performance and processability requirements, both companies have already made remarkable progress during the last few years. From now on a dedicated technical team headed by Marcus Hohlweck in Germany and Ron Goethals in The Netherlands will offer their customers high standard technical service, research and development support and general support. “Over the last years Melos has grown organically by supplying compounds to many customers across the world. Our modern production facilities allow us to manufacture numerous types of compounds to meet the demand of the ❍ Partnership between Melos and Inhol

wire and cable market,” said Marcus Hohlweck, business unit manager of Melos GmbH. “The new strategic alliance with Inhol BV will provide us with additional technology in the field of cross-linkable compounds. It is our objective to aggressively grow our wire and cable compound business around the globe and to further invest in state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment, lean manufacturing systems and up to date R&D facilities.” “We take pride in joining our forces with Melos GmbH,” added Ron Goethals, director and co-owner of Inhol BV. “We are excited about the opportunity to have direct access to well-equipped R&D laboratories and manufacturing facilities for our European and Far East activities.” Melos GmbH – Germany Website :

www.melos-gmbh.com Inhol BV – Netherlands Website : www.inhol.com

Copper advances ahead of trade data Shanghai copper futures climbed in mid-April ahead of trade data from China, the world’s largest user of copper. On 21 st April the contract for July delivery on the Shanghai futures exchange rose 0.5 per cent to 46,600 yuan ($7,487) a metric ton. The previous week copper had fallen 0.8 per cent after four weeks of gains.

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