EoW November 2007

english corporate news

New offices for QED QED Wire Lines Inc has relocated to a new central office, located between its Eastern and Western offices, at 5261 Route Harwood, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Québec, Canada. The company has also announced the appointment of Carla Kerkhoven, whose duties will include handling the accounting, office management and spare parts contracts. The company’s latest contracts include its first venture into the Chinese market with Baoan International, a FastHeat™ Fluidbed furnace for a customer in Turkey, two new galvanising lines for South East Asia, and a HighTurbulence® pickling system sold to Iowa Steel &Wire, USA. QED’s latest FastHeat™ Fluidbed furnace uses precision flow valves and the company’s Production Proportional Algorithm PLC control to provide both austenitising and annealing heat treatment. The system gives tight control of fluidising rates and increased furnace efficiency. QED is also supplying its CWC automatic coating weight control system to a North American company.

This technology accurately and con- sistently controls coatings on multiple wires in high speed process lines. Using an innovative sensor, computer interface and flow control valves with precision nitrogen wiping nozzles, the system promises improved quality, higher production and savings on zinc, aluminium or Galfan®. QEDWire Lines Inc – Canada Fax : +1 450 451 6465 Email : qed@qedwire.com Website : www.qedwire.com Ready for Cables 2008? Cables 2008 takes place between 3 rd and 5 th March next year in Cologne, Germany. The eighth Cables conference and exhibition will continue the tradition of providing a unique business forum looking in detail at polymer development in the cable industry and identifying future business trends.

Jamey on-board at Windak

Windak Inc, supplier of automated packaging and material handling solu- tions, has a new mechanical service engineer in the formof Jamey Cook.

New recruit Jamey Cook

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Mr Cook joined the service team at the Hickory, North Carolina, USA, location in May and is helping to implement, modify, and upgrade new and existing equipment. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering technology and was formerly a mechanical service engineer for Georg Manufacturing Systems.

Sponsorship opportunities also exist.

Windak Inc – USA Fax : +1 (828) 322 1716

AMI Plastics – UK Fax : +44 117 989 2128

Email : info@windakusa.com Website : www.windakusa.com

Email : info@amiplastics.com Website : www.amiplastics.com

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EuroWire – November 2007