TPi January 2020

Business & market news

Metalube India reports steady growth Lubricant manufacturer Metalube has reported steady growth since opening its India office in in Mumbai in 2011 with an average yearly growth of nearly 18 per cent since 2014.

Focusing primarily on wire and cable manufacturers along with the power transmission and distribution industry, Metalube India employs nine full-time staff at its office in Mumbai, but also works closely with distribution partners throughout India. Amit Gupte, general manager at Metalube India, said: “It has been a privilege to be a part of Metalube India’s success. The company has a high quality and service-driven ethos and it is encouraging to receive positive feedback from our customers who confirm that our products are outperforming competitors and giving them significant cost savings.” The company works with a range of customers in the cable industry such

The Metalube team in Mumbai, India

include Precision Wires, Ram Ratna Wires, GK Winding Wires, Sterling India and Chandra Electricals. Metalube www.metalube.co.uk

as Finolex, Panasonic Life Solutions (formerly Anchor Electricals), Polycab, RR Kables, Universal Cables, Malhotra Cables, Motherson Sumi Electric Wires, and Gupta Power Infrastructures. Within the enamelled wire industry, customers

The new M2M Gekko generation released Eddyfi Technologies has announced the release of the new generation of M2M Gekko, a state-of-the-art phased array flaw detector. The new Gekko generation has built on the strengths of its predecessor and benefits from a higher firepower and channel sensitivity and the longest battery autonomy in its class, which is up six hours in normal use. It also features a brighter resistive and sensitive touchscreen that can be used with gloves or under rough conditions. For data management, it comes with a 256GB SSD and a new USB 3.0 connector allowing a high-speed file transfer, and wireless compatibility for data or screen sharing. It also has a new IP68 LEMO encoder connector which makes it fully robust and compatible with most of the standard scanners up to three encoded axes. The corresponding 3.0 Capture software release includes scan plan features, high resolution TFM inspection, an improved adaptive inspection feature and new functionality requested by inspectors working in the field. Eddyfi Technologies www.eddyfi.com

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