EoW September 2009

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From 1 st July 2009, Werner Auer has become head of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies GmbH & Co Auer, who was previously chief financial officer (CFO) of the business unit located in Linz, succeeds Richard Pfeiffer as CEO. “I’d like to express my thanks to Richard Pfeiffer. As head of Siemens Metals Technologies, he has played a key role in shaping and successfully expanding this business in the last three years,” said Jens Michael Wegmann, CEO of the industry solutions division, commenting on the change at the top. “By appointing Werner Auer, who has worked in the business for 25 years, we are ensuring continuity in our future activities.” Werner Auer has been CFO of Siemens Metals Technologies since October, 2006. Siemens VAI Metals Technologies GmbH & Co – Austria Website : www.siemens.com/metals Werner Auer takes over as CEO

200 years of reels and spools

Hearl Heaton, part of Pentre Group, is celebrating its 200 th anniversary. Pentre with Hearl Heaton is acknowledged to be among world leaders in ABS (plastic flanged) high-speed process reels for the wire, cable, telecommunication and optical fibre industry. Pentre Group offers machinery manufacturers and wire and cable producers a selection of reels, drums and associated handling ancillaries from a single source, possibly the largest range offered anywhere in the world. The company

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the latest robotic handling systems. Pentre’s process reels and drums range in flange diameter from 100mm (3.9") up to specialist drums weighing up to 40 tons, (designed to carry 260 tons of umbilical cable) and a range of fully machined and dynamically balanced, precision steel reels. Pentre Group – UK Fax : +44 1924 400 803 Email : info@hearlheaton.co.uk Website : www.pentregroup.com

designs, manufactures and supplies a comprehensive range of high-speed steel and plastic ABS process reels, plywood, MDF and cardboard reels, wholly moulded plastic spools, formers, steel and wooden shipping reels and drums. Pentre’s operation is focused on developing technically advanced processing solutions for today’s high- speed wire and cable manufacturing plants, including those incorporating

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EuroWire – September 2009