Geon Vinyl Wire & Cable Compounds and OnColor Concentratres

wirecableMay 24, 2011March 14, 2013

May 24, 2011March 14, 2013

Kalas Manufacturing, a wire and cable manufacturer, eliminates 100,000 pounds of lead by switching to environmentally responsible vinyl-based compounds and color concentrates from PolyOne Situations When the European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive went into effect in 2006, producers of certain types of electrical and electronic equipment were......

New Cable manufacturing plant in Ras Al Khaimah

wirecableMay 24, 2011May 24, 2011

May 24, 2011May 24, 2011

Riyadh head-quartered Middle East Specialized Cables (MESC) Group has opened a cable manufacturing plant in Ras Al Khaimah. The factory, set up with an investment of AED 170 million (USD 46 million), is one of the biggest and high-end technology plants in the region to produce industrial, instrumentation, control and......

Ducab reports record USD 980 million sales in 2010

wirecableMay 24, 2011May 24, 2011

May 24, 2011May 24, 2011

Ducab, one of the leading manufacturers of high quality power cables in the Middle East, has announced during a press conference held in Dubai, record sales of AED 3.6 billion (USD 980 million) for 2010, representing a 51% increase over the previous year and 47% volume growth with full realisation......

Fort Gloster & Gloster Cables to merge

wirecableMay 24, 2011May 23, 2013

May 24, 2011May 23, 2013

Gloster Cables Limited was incorporated in the year 1995, with Fort Gloster Industries limited (FGI) as one of the equity participants. The technical knowhow and the marketing expertise was all from Fort Gloster and the cable was branded as Gloster cables. The company is centrally located near Secunderabad (Hyderabad) on......

KEI: The Company on the move

wirecableMay 24, 2011May 23, 2013

May 24, 2011May 23, 2013

KEI Industries Limited started operation in 1968 as Krishna Electrical Industries with the prime business activity of manufacturing cables for the Department of Telecommunications. It transformed into a public limited company under the name of KEI Industries Limited. In the subsequent years KEI engaged in the manufacturing of stainless steel......

Power Grid’s estimated project outlay to be Rs. 120,000 crores in the next 5-6 years

wirecableMay 24, 2011May 23, 2013

May 24, 2011May 23, 2013

Gridtech 2011 started with a strong note where Mr. I.S. Jha, Director Projects, Power Grid presented the paper covering Indian power system an overview, little bit of Future transmission plan, Cross country interconnection, Issues and challenges. Giving the overview of the power sector he said “Our installed capacity is 173,000MW......

Fibre broadband ‘coming on strong’

wirecableMay 24, 2011May 24, 2011

May 24, 2011May 24, 2011

Fibre broadband is experiencing strong growth in manyFworld regions, including Japan, China and North America. This is the conclusion of a new report byInfonetics Research, which shows that the number of fibreto-the-home (FTTH) subscribers increased by 30 per centworldwide last year to reach 40 million. Overall, the global broadband CPE......

19 new wire rod production lines put into production in China in 2010

wirecableMay 24, 2011May 24, 2011

May 24, 2011May 24, 2011

According to Global Industry Analysts, 19 new wire rod production lines were put into production in China in 2010, with an aggregate annual capacity of 14.35 million tonnes. As a result, China’s annual production capacity of wire rod reached 36.85 million tonnes. GIA also stated that it expects the total......

Changing Dynamics of Power Sector in Africa

wirecableMay 24, 2011May 24, 2011

May 24, 2011May 24, 2011

Africa has huge untapped reserves of fossil and hydro resources that can be used for generating electricity. However, the electrification and consumption levels are low, particularly in the rural areas, as the continent is unable to utilize its reserves due to drought, high oil prices, conflicts and lack of funds.......

Niehoff of India: A Gurantee, to serve

wirecableMay 24, 2011May 23, 2013

May 24, 2011May 23, 2013

Niehoff of India with a built up area of about 5000 sqm and employing close to 100 people including 25 qualified engineers, undertakes assembling, testing, servicing, installations and commissioning of machines for the wire & cable industry here in India. They entered India first as a licensed company of ASACO,......