EoW May 2009

english corporate news Marking 80 years in business

real capital. Most of the firm’s precision engineers were first employed as apprentices, learning the production of high-precision mechanical components on modern CNC machine tools. Conventional SPS controls and drive components are used in electronic and control engineering, and high-speed processor controls – developed in-house – are employed wherever the standard components available on the market reach their technical limits. The engineers involved in research, development and design are the same engineers who deal with the wide range of problems encountered by customers in everyday on-site operation. This ensures that Medek & Schörner technology stays true to its maxim: to support the company’s customers in every way and meet their requirements in the best possible manner. Medek & Schörner GmbH – Austria Fax : +43 1982 7296 Email : m+s@medek.at Website : www.medek.at growth of this emerging economy. The immediate extension of the scope of our agreement to include high voltage cables should allow us to take a strong position in the growing power infrastructures market in India.” Nexans – France Fax : +33 15669 8484 Email : nexans.web@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com

This year the family firm of Medek & Schörner celebrates the 80 th anniversary of its founding by Josef Medek and Gustav Schörner. engineering workshop, the company began the manufacture of machines for the marking of cables, wires, pipes and continuously extruded products in the 1950s. Today’s third generation of management (Fritz Descovich II and Kurt Descovich, grandson of founder Josef Medek, and Werner Lichtscheidl, son-in-law of Gustav Schörner II) has continued the company’s established traditions of its forebears. Advanced technological expertise, highly trained staff and the latest in production technology continue to ensure the quality of the company’s products. The erection of a production facility at Grossebersdorf in 1989, equipped with the very latest machine tools, went hand in hand with a focus on research and development and a special emphasis on complex electronic controls. This Originally a precision Nexans has signed final agreements with Polycab, India’s largest cable company, for a joint venture to be majority-held by Nexans and managed in close cooperation with its Indian partner. The joint venture, headquartered in Vadodara in Gujarat, will cover the manufacture and marketing of cables for the shipbuilding, material handling, railway and windpower industries. The Joint venture agreements

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made it possible to continue producing conventional products of exceptional quality, while keeping pace with the latest developments in modern technology. This was of particular benefit with respect to technically highly sophisticated equipment for the colouring and coating of optical fibres for glass fibre cables. Medek & Schörner believes that its employees represent the company’s agreements include the production of high voltage (HV) underground cables, which was initially anticipated to constitute a second phase. Michel Lemaire, executive vice president for the Asia-Pacific area of Nexans, said: “We are teamed up with a high-quality partner to ensure the success of our first industrial venture in the Indian market as well as benefiting from the sustained

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EuroWire – May 2009