EuroWire March 2021

Corporate News

Kocks RSB commissioned at Xiangtan SBQ mill

▲ ▲ The three-roll RSB operating in Xiangtan

Chinese special steel producer Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co Ltd has started up its new SBQ mill #3. The core piece of the rolling mill is a three-roll reducing and sizing block (RSB®) in 5.0 design supplied by Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG, Germany. The RSB 5.0 is designed for thermo- mechanical rolling, and finishes most flexible/all straight bar sizes of Ø 16 to

100mm onto the cooling bed. In addition to the RSB 5.0, Kocks’s responsibility includes the roll shop for the preparation of three-roll stands and three-roller guides, as well as the supervision services. This is the second successful installation of a three-roll Kocks RSB at Xiangtan since 2005. Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG www.kocks.de

Ripley Tools welcomes new director of business development

Ripley Tools has named Ed Fenton as director, business development – Cable OEMs, with responsibility for leading new business development and account management among metallic and fibre cable manufacturers to help them leverage Ripley’s lines of UtilityTool®, Miller®, CableMatic® and ODM® brand cable preparation and installation tools and testing devices. Mr Fenton brings nearly 30 years of experience in electrical, electronic and fibre optic cable manufacturing. He has held prior consulting and business development positions with speciality cable manufacturers, high temperature materials suppliers and component manufacturers. He will continue his position as executive director of the Wire & Cable Manufacturers Alliance, Inc. “In my years with the industry I have always been fortunate to work with

US-based companies that are committed to innovative new product design and manufacturing excellence,” said Mr Fenton. “Ripley Tools and its brands are no less than household names for installers of utility and power, coax and CATV, and fibre and datacom outside plant cables.” Ripley CEO John Jula said, “We are privileged to have someone of Ed’s calibre join our team to strengthen our current relationships across the wire and cable industry. Ed will leverage our new innovation centre, Ripley Labs, with award-winning product development and applications engineering support for our cable manufacturing partners to continue the Ripley legacy as the leading global supplier of tools and test equipment for cable installation.” Ripley Tools LLC www.ripley-tools.com

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