EoW July 2014

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A made to measure approach

processes our technical team can quickly validate and deliver a tape to fit the bill. Made to Measure tapes will give our customers a fast track to their testing and qualification and an accelerated speed to market. The more traditional R&D approach will still be valid for true innovation projects – where a more complex or totally new solution is required.” Scapa’s full range of cable protection solutions includes dielectric, semi-conducting, bituminised, fire retardant and water blocking tapes and yarns, as well as self-amalgamating tapes, resins, putties and impregnated paper components. Scapa UK Ltd – UK Website : www.scapa.com Peru copper mining set to increase Five major copper mines, with an estimated investment of $13 billion, are expected to begin production in Peru before 2016, increasing the country’s output to 2.8 million tonnes.

Launched at wire 2014 in Düsseldorf, Scapa is continuing the promotion of its bespoke approach to product development for its cable manufacturing customers.

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cable-wrapping tapes from Scapa:

• Core range – choose one of the proven cable tapes from one of the most extensive ranges in the industry • Made to measure – if one of the standard products doesn’t match the application requirements, within the portfolio of cloths, coatings, powders and processes, they can produce something that does and quickly • Innovation projects – if a more advanced solution or a new way of doing things is needed for the next generation of cable protection, engineers and R&D team can work in partnership to deliver the answer “For over 100 years now Scapa has worked as a reference partner to most of the world’s largest and most respected cable companies,” said Jeff Tate, global market manager for cable tapes and materials.

▲ ▲ Take advantage of the bespoke service from Scapa

“Throughout this period we have been committed to tailor-made research and development and have formulated quite a number of bespoke tapes for our customers. “What we are looking at now is augmenting this traditional R&D approach with a faster track process called Made to Measure. “For new cable designs customers know roughly what they want or just require a slight modification to a tape in our core range, a different thickness or an enhanced swell speed perhaps. “Within our current portfolio of cloths, coatings, super absorbent powders and

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