EoW March 2007

corporate news

Ugitech has announced two major investments that will become operational in mid-2007. Work is already underway in France to install a first ESR (Electro Slag Remelting) furnace on its main production site in Ugine. Thanks to this process, Ugipur stainless steels will meet the highest demand from high technology markets like medical, aeronautics, automobile and other processes that require very clean pumps. In America a service centre with a workshop for cold transformation of stainless steel bars and a hub will be put into operation in Batavia, Illinois. This will serve the American market with high quality products including Ugima®, the grade that is world-renowned for its performance in terms of machinability. ADVA and Siemens sign up for network for Republic of Ireland ADVA Optical Networking and Siemens have signed a major contract with Eircom – the Republic of Ireland’s largest telecommunications carrier. The contract will create a national next-generation network to provide Eircom’s business and residential customers with a range of bandwidth-intensive applications, including Internet Protocol TV (IPTV), Voice over IP (VoIP) and triple play services, combining voice, video and data services in one bundle. Eircom is the main provider of telecommunications services in Ireland, with approximately 1.6 million fixed-line telephone lines. To address the growing demand for high-capacity data services, Eircom will build an optical backbone spanning the length and breadth of the country, enabling networking speeds of up to 10Gbit/s. This network will enable more flexible, cost-effective delivery of business and residential services. This nationwide network will be built through the co-operation of ADVA Optical Networking and Siemens. Using the ADVA FSP 3000 Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) system as its foundation, Eircom will be able to significantly scale network growth with demand and retain low capital expenditure costs by seamlessly adding new services when and where they are needed. Advaoptical – Germany Fax : +49 89 8906 65699 Email : info@advaoptical.com Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Ko KG – Germany Email : contact.enterprise@siemens.com Website : www.siemens.com Website : www.advaoptical.com Ugitech invests in two major projects

Ugitech – France Fax : +33 1 41 25 59 88 Email : info@ugitech.com

Website : www.ugitech.com

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EuroWire – March 2007