WCA May 2010

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New appointment Kühne + Vogel Prozessautomatisierung Antriebstechnik GmbH has appointed Mr Norbert Bergmann to take charge of sales of the company’s range of cable machinery. Mr Bergmann has many years of experience in the field and is well known within the industry. Kühne + Vogel, supplier of the Extrumatic product family, is planning to extend its activities in the cable machinery sector.

API licence granted In 2009 Remer, a producer of industrial wire ropes for over a hundred years, was awarded the American Petroleum Institute - API licence 9A-0076. This important goal confirms the capacity of the Italian firm, and gives the opportunity to serve clients with a wider range of high performance wire ropes. As well as the new drilling line for oil wells, Remer produces wire ropes for fishing, elevators, rockfall barriers and cranes; also plastic covered steel wire ropes, spiral strands and cable laid ropes.

Kühne + Vogel Prozessautomatisierung Antriebstechnik GmbH – Germany Fax : +49 9171 62767 Email : pa@kuehneundvogel.de Website : www.kuehneundvogel-pa.de

Remer Srl – Italy Fax : +39 0735 583490 Website : www.remer.it

SKET to continue the Wardwell brand Verseilmaschinenbau Magdeburg GmbH has acquired the assets of Wardwell. SKET had previously purchased the assets of Wardwell Europe and was also the highest bidder for the assets of the braiding machine manufacturer at auc- tion on 14 th December 2009. A spokesperson for the German manufacturer and member of the WILMS Gruppe confirmed the acquisition and its plans to restart operations at the same location on 4 th January 2010. “We are pleased to add the Wardwell brand and products to our program and offer more options to our customers. Wardwell has been supplying braiding equipment to the wire and cable industry for 98 years and has many prominent and loyal customers,” said the source. The new company will have a smaller work force, initially, and a new name – Stolberger Incorporated DBA Wardwell Braiding Co. Stolberger Incorporated DBA Wardwell Braiding Co – USA Berlin email : hbaumbach@spirka-schnell- SKET

flechter.com USA email : jtomaz@wardwell.com

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Wire & Cable ASIA – May/June 2010