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Making more in India

beam crosslinked cables. In the e-beam process, Leoni treats its cables with highly accelerated electrons, thus crosslinking their chemical structure. The cables obtain the properties of more expensive, and usually more difficult to process, high performance products. The e-beam process makes cables more dimensionally stable when subjected to heat and more resistant to chemicals, solvents and temperature fluctuation, as well as harder and more resistant to abrasion. Leoni AG – Germany Website : www.leoni.com Tell us YOUR news. . . To submit news for the India Insight section free of charge, email david@intras.co.uk or call direct on +44 1926 334137.

GERMAN cable manufacturer Leoni has enhanced its facilities in Pune, India. Leoni has inaugurated an electron beam accelerator, which allows the company to provide high performance cables to customers from industries such as railway or solar. “Thanks to the new technology, we are able to provide superior solutions for the country’s rising needs with regard to the Make in India initiative,” said Bruno Fankhauser, member of Leoni AG’s board of directors with responsibility for the wire and cable solutions division. “I am confident that this major investment will contribute to the growth of our business in India.” The expansion at Pune aims to strengthen its position in the country and enable it to support India’s economic development as well as generate employment opportunities in the Pune region. The combined production area has increased to over 20,000m 2 to manufacture 80,000km per year of electron

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