EoW July 2008

english corporate news

Niehoff success at wire 2008

high performance LAN Cat 8 cables. Another cable manufacturer of the same capability is planning to order a similar line shortly. During the five days of wire 2008 the other exhibited equipment – an MMH50/RM121 multiwire drawing line, the latest high speed rewinding machine DSA Niehoff System Hacoba with CS630 spool pay-offs for multiwire bundles, a double twist stranding machine DSI631 with back twist pay-off ARD630D and longitudinal tape pay-off ALB600, and a 24-carrier high speed braiding machine BMV24 with BAS 800 take-up and pay-off unit – were sold.

Maschinenfabrik Niehoff reports its most successful participation ever at a wire trade show, welcoming visitors from all continents at its wire 2008 stand. The completely new opto-electronic traversing system NBAT for double twist bunching machines as well as the MT200/ RI170.2 line which features new annealing and preheating technology for the inline production of data and telephone wires attracted particular interest. Orders for several double twist bunching machines equipped with the NBAT were placed during the trade fair. The exhibited data cable line consisted of an MT200 type wire drawing machine with an integrated RI170.2 continuous inductive annealer, developed andbuilt by the Niehoff group joint venture company NBM. This line will be field-tested by a well known cable company manufacturing Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) has appointed Eric Mariette to the role of vice president of global marketing and strategy. On 1 st May 2008, Mariette assumed responsibility for ensuring that RFS’s portfolio of RF solutions is fully visible to the global wireless sector, and that the company’s solution-set continues to meet the varied demands of the industry. “By playing a role across the entire RF chain, RFS fulfils a unique position in our industry,” said Mariette. “Very few companies offer the same breadth of technology. Our approach is to look at the ‘big picture’ solution, not just the immediate problem. For example, the challenge of migrating from GSM 900MHz to UMTS 900MHz encompasses a deal more than a choice of antenna; it also introduces interesting co-location interference issues, requiring sophisticated filtering solutions. “By having a total system approach, RFS is able to predict what other issues might arise and deal with them before they occur.” Mariette comes to RFS with twenty years of experience in sales, marketing

Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG – Germany Fax : +49 9122 977 155 Email : info@niehoff.de Website : www.niehoff.de

RFS appoints vice president for global marketing

and business operations across the telecommunication and IT sector, a great many of those years with communications solutions group, Alcatel-Lucent where he was Asia Pacific vice president of business support and operations for the mobile communications and convergence groups, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Radio Frequency Systems – Germany Email : sales.europe@rfsworld.com Website : www.rfsworld.com Eric Mariette, vice president of global marketing ▲ ▲ and strategy with Radio Frequency Systems

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EuroWire – July 2008