WCA September 2010

Industry news

Reeling in the orders

Aircraft cable manufacturing plant Nexans has opened a new manufacturing plant in Mohammedia (Morocco), dedicated to aircraft cables. The plant is the result of an agreement between Nexans and Airbus for the supply of advanced cables for the A320, A350, and A380 aircraft. This investment strengthens Nexans’ aeronautical business as well as the core business of its Moroccan subsidiary, which already has strong expertise in manufacturing cables for the automotive, building and infrastructure industries. This is Nexans’ third plant dedicated to aircraft cables; similar facilities are based in France and the United States. the Mohammedia plant to accommodate a production area of 3,000m² designed to manufacture 21,000km of cables per year, of which 70% will be exported. Nexans – France Fax : +33 15669 8484 Email : nexans.web@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com Nexans has redeveloped

Rautomead in Iraq UK-based Rautomead has announced the appointment of a new agent in the Middle East. Mr Majeed A Al-Rawi of the EI-Tech Energies and Technologies Company will be representing Rautomead’s interests in Iraq and Jordan, servicing Rautomead’s existing continuous casting technology customers in the region and identifying potential new customers in the wire and cable and metal processing industries. Mr Al-Rawi will be promoting Rautomead’s entire product range, including fully automated machines for the production of quantities of up to 30,000 tonnes per year. For smaller scale wire rod production, a new range is available, capable of producing between 1,000 and 3,600 tonnes.

Philip Young, managing director of Inosym, was delighted with the success of wire Düsseldorf in April, and has announced the signing of two large contracts – both secured during the show.

Inosym’s successful Düsseldorf stand m m

The contracts are for the supply of steel and plastic reels. The first is for large de-gassing reels for a customer in Egypt, and the second to supply ABS plastic reels to a client in Europe.

Rautomead Ltd – UK Fax : +44 1382 622941

Email : sales@rautomead.com Website : www.rautomead.com EI Energies and Technologies – Jordan Email : majeed@ei-techno.com

Inosym Ltd – New Zealand Fax : +64 3 341 668 Email : inosym@inosym.com Website : www.inosym.com

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