WCA January 2022

Industry News

New appointments to Cimteq team Cimteq, a provider of software for the design and manufacture of wire and cable, has appointed Hamada Khalifa as commercial technical lead.

Nexans, Mr Khalifa said, “Themain reason for choosing CableBuilder Enterprise was to accelerate the response time to the client with high accuracy and move away from manual calculations to automated calculations. Cimteq supported the three-month implementation target we had set for the project and together we achieved this goal. The immediate change we saw was the move away from a five-day turnaround time from customer enquiry to quote, to a one-day turnaround.” Mr Khalifa helped all Nexans plants around the world to complete their CableBuilder Enterprise implementation projects, which provided him with the insight to promote the product, showcase what it can achieve and help customers at each stage of implementation. Cimteq has alsowelcomed Desmond Goh to the sales team. Based in Singapore, Mr Goh has more than 20 years of experience in industrial automation with several multinational corporations in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. He has worked with channel partners and customers in the wire and cable industry in Asia to improve their processes by implementing measurement and control solutions. Joining Mr Goh’s team are several sales partners who will offer on-the-ground The robust Plasticolor 1500 dosing device now includes a useful additional function: an automatic cleaning device. The patented self-cleaning technology, developed by Woywod, can be controlled with the PDC individual controller. Woywod will also present its range of compact ferromagnetic metal separators, which offer reliable and safe protection for the production machine. Fainplast Srl Fainplast, an innovative company in the plastics industry, combines attention to customer needs with a capacity to develop solutions for consistent quality, high production capacity and flexibility. The company’s production plant is equipped with 23 compounding lines: nine for PVC compounds, and 14 for polyolefin-based products. Read the full story in the March issue

Formerly head of projects at Nexans, Mr Khalifa has made the move from customer to colleague, bringing with him direct knowledge of Cimteq products from a customer perspective. Scott Barnsley, sales and marketing director at Cimteq, said, “Having worked for an esteemed, long-term customer of Cimteq’s, Hamada has experienced, first-hand, the many benefits gained from implementing the unrivalled CableBuilder Enterprise software into a large, world-class wire and cable manufacturing organisation.” CableBuilder Enterprise implementation project at AIM, Inc AIM will present the new AFES-3DxT line: an updated five servo-axis turret tool- changer machine with a fast servo cutter. As the company’s most robust model, the turret head indexing tool changer provides flexibility in wire-forming capability, while the 200 msec servo-cut ensures fast and quiet production. Read the full story in the March issue Speaking about his present its range at wire 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany, with new products in the area of plastic processing. The company’s Plasticolor 3500 dosing units have been further developed, and offer a solution for dosing on all production machines. The series has a number of advantages and improved functionality. Delta Tecnic Masterbatch producer Delta Tecnic is em- phasising its commitment to technological and energy advancement, offering com- panies a broad portfolio of colour concen- trates and additives designed to work in high-rigour compounding formulations, from PVC for THHN/THHW/THW in RAL and Munsell colourings, HFFR in EVA/PE, or PE for crosslinking. Read the full story in the March issue

Desmond Goh

Hamada Khalifa

advice and support in the various countries that make up the larger APAC region: Aryan Trading (Taiwan), TJ Solutions (Thailand), Machinery Tech- niques (Australia) and Hovu (Vietnam). Cimteq Ltd www.cimteq.com

New products for dosing and mixing Woywod Kunststoffmaschinen will

Woywod Plasticolor controller

This advanced technology and other Plasticolor units and stations will be presented in detail at the company’s stand at wire 2022 – Stand A42 in Hall 9. Woywod Kunststoffmaschinen GmbH

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