WCA July 2009

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This year the family firm of Medek & Schörner – a leader in cable printing machines and optical fibre processing lines – celebrates the 80 th anniversary of its founding by Josef Medek and Gustav Schörner. Originally a precision engineering workshop, the company began the manufacture of machines for the marking of cables, wires, pipes and continuously extruded products in the 1950s. The erection of a production facility at Grossebersdorf in 1989, equipped with the very latest machine tools, went hand in hand with a focus on research and development and a special emphasis on complex electronic controls. This made it possible to continue producing conventional products of exceptional quality, while keeping pace with the latest developments in mo- dern technology. This was of particular benefit with respect to technically highly sophisticated equipment for the colouring and coating of optical fibres for glass fibre cables. Conventional SPS controls and drive components are used in electronic and control engineering, and high-speed processor controls – developed in-house – are employed wherever the standard components available on the market reach their technical limits. Medek & Schörner considers that its employees represent the company’s real capital. Most of the firm’s precision engineers were first employed as apprentices, learning production of high-precisionmechanical components on modern CNC machine tools. The engineers involved in research, development and design are the same engineers who deal with the wide range of problems encountered by customers in everyday on-site operation. This ensures that Medek & Schörner technology stays true to its maxim: to support the company’s customers in every way and meet their requirements in the best possible manner. Medek & Schörner GmbH – Austria Fax : +43 1982 7296 M & S – 80 years in cable printing

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Wire & Cable ASIA – July/August 2009