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Emerald Networks Holdings has chosen Killala Bay in County Mayo as the landing site for its Emerald Express high-capacity fiber optic cable system. The new-build cable will connect North America to Europe and Iceland, making Killala Bay the ideal landing location on the Mayo coastline, but with minimal environmental impact. Emerald Networks selected Killala Bay after a thorough analysis of various factors such as any potential impact on the local fishing activity, minimal disturbance to the local environment, security to the cable systems and the landing facility, and increased ease of interconnecting with international terrestrial network for connecting with Dublin to London to other parts of the European continent. Emerald Networks’ new cable system is expected to provide 100G connectivity through a unique route connecting Shirley in New York to the west coast on Ireland, with a branch connection to Grindavik in Iceland and further planned connectivity to southern Europe. The system is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2014. Emerald lands at Killala Bay

Delfingen wiring acquisition

At the end of 2013 Delfingen Industry announced its acquisition of the wiring protection manufacturing unit of Tianhai Hengbang Hebi Rubber & Plastic (Hengbang) of China. Hengbang has a manufacturing plant in Hebi, Henan province, with service plants in the cities of Changchun, Chongquin, Jilin and Harbin. Delfingen reports that the company generates annual sales revenue of around $2million. Delfingen has been in Wuhan, Hubei province, since 2010, and it is hoped that this acquisition will enable Delfingen to gain new markets with Sino-Chinese wiring manufacturers and OEMs, and also to complete its industrialand logisticspresence.

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