WCA March 2007

Industry News

The mounted RG Model (A) Tapeformer and Dynamex’s Auto-Splicing Tape Pay-off machine, right ▲

Teaming up across the Atlantic! America’s Dynamex Corporation and the UK’s RG Attachments have joined forces to share trade leads and promote each other’s services. Dynamex, based in California, USA, is a leading supplier of cable manufacturing equipment, and specialises in tape pay-offs. With more than 30 years’ experience in the wire and cable industry, their innovation and skill is clearly identified by their patented universal auto-splicing tape pay-off system.

RG Attachments Ltd, based in Leicester, UK, manufactures tapeformers, which are used for wrapping tapes around cable cores. The RG tapeformer folds the tape around the cable core before it enters the final jacketing stage. Tapeformers are used with various tape materials including Mylar, metalised foils, water-blocking and paper. Tapeformers can be used for a range of tape widths from 5mm-210mm and are made to individual customer specifications. The tape pay-off and tapeformer are applicable to all cable extrusion lines with longitudinally applied tape. The tape pay-off system offered by Dynamex gives the user an uninterrupted run of tape with the ability to switch pads automatically without disruption to production. The tape is then fed through the RG tapeformer which folds it around the cable core, with a variety of folding profiles available. RG Attachments Ltd – UK Fax : +44 116 261 2403 Email : info@rga.co.uk Website : www.rga.co.uk Dynamex Corporation – USA Fax : +1 310 329 0159 Email : sales@dynamexcorp.com Website : www.dynamexcorp.com New offices in Australia and New Zealand Borouge – one of the leading providers of innovative plastics solutions in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific – has opened full sales and service offices in Melbourne, Australia, and Auckland, New Zealand. With Borouge’s state-of-the-art production facility and its parent company, ADNOC both based in the United Arab Emirates, the timing of Borouge’s growth is appropriate, as the UAE is entering into a free trade agreement with Australia that will incorporate all Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The UAE and Australia began negotiations on the free trade agreement a year ago, and Australia could become the UAE’s third free trade partner after the United States and Singapore. Borouge Pte Ltd – United Arab Emirates Fax : +971 2 6312 999 Email : info@borouge.com • Website : www.borouge.com

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