WCA September 2010

Industry news

Representative for Turkey

PWM, the UK-based designer and manufacturer of cold pressure welding equipment and dies, has appointed Ali Serpen of Metalin as its exclusive representative in Turkey. Mr Serpen, who has over twenty years’ experience within the international wire and cable industry, will manage sales of PWM’s manual and powered cold welders, dies and spare parts and provide customer service support. Steve Mepsted, managing director of PWM said: “Turkey is an important and expanding market for PWM. Ali’s expertise and extensive knowledge of cold welding technology and its applications will ensure that we continue to provide a reliable, responsive service to our existing and new customers.”

Pressure Welding Machines – UK Fax : +44 1233 820591 Email : pwm@btinternet.com Website : www.pwmltd.co.uk

Niehoff opens new factory

On 7 th April 2010, Maschinenfabrik Niehoff officially opened its new factory building in Schwabach, near Nuremberg, Germany, close to the company’s headquarters. The new facility has spacious shop floors with optimally designed workstations. The building enables efficient organisation of process flow, and includes the assembly department, paint shop, test rig and testing area, the packing and shipping department, offices, recreation rooms, building services and training workshops where Niehoff apprentices receive their technical training. Production now has 170,000ft² more space than before, enough to sustain a throughput of 100 drawing lines a year. Another 15,000ft² on three floors is dedicated to offices and auxiliary rooms. The 40-foot high production areas, and the office and other rooms, have radiant heat ceilings and air-conditioning systems that ensure pleasant working temperatures, as well as a sensor-controlled natural lighting system, supplying light which is very pleasant to the eyes. The building meets low-energy standards, and features the latest in plant design, building management technology, and energy efficiency. The architecture, interior furnishings, geothermal heat systems, heat pumps, pneumatic system compressors, drives of production machines and other devices are designed so that energy consumption is kept to a minimum and the heat dissipated by the equipment can be recovered. Dependent upon future business conditions, the company is planning a second phase of construction of another 80,000ft 2 of production area.

❍ The modern paintshop area at Niehoff’s new facility

Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co KG – Germany Fax : +49 9122 977 155 Email : info@niehoff.de

Website : www.niehoff.de

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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2010