WCA November 2017

Industry news

Fourth Ebner Hicon/H2 ® bell annealer facility

❍ Hicon/H2 ® bell annealer facility

AVON Ispat & Power Limited, of Ludhiana, India, which specialises in manufacturing cold rolled strips for bicycles, rims and automotive components, has ordered an expansion to its three existing Hicon/H2 ® bell annealer facilities. The new facility consists of two workbases, one oil-fired heating bell and one cooling bell, which will start production mid-2018. Ebner Industrieofenbau GmbH – Austria Website : www.ebner.cc Tailor-made special compounds Crosspolimeri is a company whose main target is to satisfy that part of the compound market asking for very carefully ready-prepared and tailor-made special compounds. The company is specialised in producing thermoplastic and crosslinkable compounds with and without flame-retardant and halogen-free properties. The industrial fields of electrical cables, tubes and technical parts for the automotive, aeronautical and railway industries, and also those producing consumer goods or communication systems have been offering a multiplicity of applications for the compounds. They are the main market for the Crosspolimeri compounds. Production is in Italy, where several polyvalent production lines have a total capacity of 12,000 tons per year, and in its sister factory, Crosspolimeri AG, located close to Basel, Switzerland, which will soon be able to produce 12,000 tons per year. The main competence regards crosslinkable compounds, unfilled and filled (in order to give different characteristics and flame-retardant values), and all thermoplastic types. Crosspolimeri SpA – Italy Website : www.crosspolimeri.com

14

www.read-wca.com

Wire & Cable ASIA – November/December 2017