WCA July 2007

Industry News

Lifting Solutions completes its largest ever steel rope order

Lifting Solutions provided steel wire rope for the opening ceremony at the Doha Games ▲

Lifting Solutions, UK, has completed a major contract for the 15 th Asian Games in Doha, held recently in the Gulf state of Qatar. The company was the main lifting equipment supplier to Stage One, the main contractor on this aspect of the project, and supplied 65km of dry finish (unlubricated) steel wire rope, with diameters ranging from 5mm-18mm, plus associated rigging. The steel wire rope supplied by Lifting Solutions enabled Stage One, who had been commissioned to supply all of the aerial engineering and associated automation for the opening and closing ceremonies, to overcome one of its greatest technical challenges. David Nixon, of Lifting Solutions, who worked on the order for several months, said: “This is without doubt our biggest ever single order of wire rope, and we’re over the moon that we have been able to supply another major international games.” Lifting Solutions had previously been involved in the opening and closing ceremonies for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, again as the main supplier of lifting equipment, and also assisted Stage One with specialist provision of lifting equipment for both the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics. The company also created a supporting structure of steel wire rope to hold up what is believed to be Europe’s largest ever banner, for the IOC London 2012 Evaluation Committee visit to London last February.

Lifting Solutions – UK Fax : +44 1709 899 011

Email : sales@lifting-solutions.co.uk Website : www.lifting-solutions.co.uk

Group’s increase in orders and sales The SMS group – comprising companies in metallurgical plant and rolling mill technology, tube, long product and forging technology as well as plastics technology – significantly increased its order intake in 2006 to €3,235 million and its sales to €2,826 million. The company has a total of 8,999 employees globally.

SMS Group – Germany Fax : +49 211 881 4386

Email : info@sms-group.com

Website : www.sms-group.com

Wire & Cable ASIA – July/August 2007