WCA January 2018

India Insight

VNT leads the way at wire Southeast Asia

in a variety of applications and industries such as renewable energy, mass transportation, infrastructure and a host of other industrial products. The assets will pave the way for Reliance to foray into new materials (composites and carbon fibre) and further strengthen its petrochemicals business portfolio. The company is in the process of complying with the necessary

formalities for acquisition of assets. Reliance Industries Ltd – India Website : www.ril.com Fibre deal for UAE

Sterlite Technologies has announced a three-year deal to supply fibre optic cables to du, a telecom network in the UAE. “With an on-going relationship with du for the past six years, we have renewed the partnership for our innovative range of smarter optical communication technologies,” said Ankit Agarwal, head of global sales, Sterlite Technologies. “Through this agreement we will be a key supplier of optical fibre products with higher fibre counts for du’s Internet of Things and FTTH requirements in the UAE over the next three years.” The fibres covered by the contract are tailored for heavy bandwidth-consuming applications including augmented and virtual reality, and driverless cars, the Indian company said. du plans to roll out Internet of Things (IoT) and fibre-to-the-home services. The supplier has nine million individual customers over its 4G LTE network. Sterlite Technologies – India Website : www.sterlitetech.com Regions in power link India’s Power Grid Corporation has approved its funding investment in a high voltage direct current bipole link between Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, and Pugalur, Tamil Nadu, in the southern region to Kerala in North Trichur. The new link will feature a 6,000MW, ±800kV HVDC bipole system between Raigarh and Pugalur, and has a commissioning schedule of 30 months from the date of approval. After project approval in 2016, Piyush Goyal, minister of state for power, coal and new and renewable energy, reported that power transfer capacity to the southern region will be improved to around 17,000MW by 2020. The minister also confirmed that other new links will be created to enhance power transfer capacity to the southern region of the country. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd – India Website : www.powergridindia.com

❍ The TCD-10 from Ajex and Turner

VNT dies were the centre of attraction for visitors to the Ajex and Turner stand at the 2017 wire Southeast Asia exhibition in Bangkok, Thailand. Being low in cost but higher in output, with an additional metal-saving feature, the VNT dies gathered the attention and many visitors opted for these dies for their future production. For complex applications, the company’s sector/trapezoidal dies were also appreciated. Many new customers visited the booth and witnessed the company’s upgraded, three-head wire polishing and regrinding machine WPM-3, which grinds and polishes angles and bearings of three dies at one time. Visitors showed keen interest in the machine after a live demonstration. Though Ajex is continuously involved in developing different technologies in the field of wire dies, tooling and machines, the company is still learning from customers of their needs with the VNT and sector/trapezoidal dies. Ajex & Turner Wire Die Co – India Website : www.ajexturner.com RIL to foray into new materials business Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) participated in an online e-bidding process by Allahabad Bank, being the leader of the consortium of 11 banks to sell/dispose of assets of Kemrock Industries & Exports Limited of Vadodara (Gujarat), and was declared the winner. This participation is a part of Reliance’s efforts to enter the composites business and establish a leadership position in this large and growing market in India. Composites are used

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