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New metal forming fluids and rust preventatives from METALUBE®

wirecableMarch 12, 2014July 31, 2021

March 12, 2014July 31, 2021

January 30, 2014 A new range of lubricants and rust preventatives for the roll forming, cutting and pressing of metallic parts has been launched by METALUBE Ltd. The new range comprises the following product groups: • Cool-Tek™ – water dilutable concentrates for lubrication during the forming and cutting processes. Cool-Tek......

InnoVites integrates cable industry solution with CableMES based on Wonderware

wirecableMarch 12, 2014July 31, 2021

March 12, 2014July 31, 2021

January 9, 2014 InnoVites B.V. announced that they would integrate their Cable ERP software with CableMES, which is based on the Wonderware MES platform. This integration would further complement the InnoVites offering to wire and cable industry and provide customers with optimal control of their manufacturing processes. The MES integration......

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Rosendahl’s quality crossheads

wirecableMarch 12, 2014July 31, 2021

March 12, 2014July 31, 2021

A cable producer’s main goal is to offer a high-quality product to the market; and a high-quality cable is the result of many different factors. One of them is the extrusion crosshead. What makes a crosshead a good crosshead? High centricity, for example. Experts at Rosendahl focus on a round......

KEC International wins orders worth Rs. 1,215 crore

wirecableMarch 12, 2014June 24, 2015

March 12, 2014June 24, 2015

January 16, 2014 KEC International Ltd. (KEC), a global infrastructure EPC major, an RPG Group company, has secured new orders of Rs. 1,215 crore in its transmission and cables businesses. In this business, the company has secured orders in Saudi Arabia, Americas, Bhutan, Nepal and India amounting to Rs. 1,148......

ABB wins power products orders worth $56 million in India

wirecableMarch 12, 2014June 24, 2015

March 12, 2014June 24, 2015

February 20, 2014 ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $56 million from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (POWERGRID), India’s central power transmission utility, to supply power transformers and shunt reactors for substations being built to support the country’s ultrahigh voltage transmission grid......

PGCIL to invest Rs 16,300 crore in Bihar

wirecableMarch 12, 2014June 24, 2015

March 12, 2014June 24, 2015

December 31, 2013 Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL), India’s largest power transmission utility, announced it would invest Rs 16,300 crore in two phases in Bihar to ramp up the electricity grid system of the state. The investment would be done through a new Joint Venture (JV) company between......

Alstom wins major 400 kV gas-insulated substation orders for Himachal Pradesh

wirecableMarch 12, 2014June 24, 2015

March 12, 2014June 24, 2015

December 30, 2013 Alstom T&D India has been awarded two contracts with a total value of Rs 2,983 million (€38 million) to supply two 400/220/66 kV gas-insulated substations (GIS) at Wangtoo and Gumma in Himachal Pradesh. The projects received from Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and HP Power Transmission Corporation Limited......

ADB passes $350 million loan for Madhya Pradesh power transmission

wirecableMarch 12, 2014June 24, 2015

March 12, 2014June 24, 2015

February 18, 2014 The government has signed a $350-million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for improving the power transmission and distribution system in Madhya Pradesh. The project would fund about 1,800 circuit kilometres of transmission lines and over 3,100 circuit kilometres of distribution lines, as well as building......

BSNL’s Rs 13,300 crore network project for armed forces faces delay

wirecableMarch 12, 2014June 24, 2015

March 12, 2014June 24, 2015

February 19, 2014 The Rs 13,334 crore alternate communications network that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will build for the armed forces is likely to face delay as the state-run telco is yet to finalise nearly Rs 4,800 crore of contracts for the vital optic fibre backbone package. The Rs......

SCRIPS scheme implementation in Odisha to cost Rs 1,500 crore

wirecableMarch 12, 2014June 24, 2015

March 12, 2014June 24, 2015

February 25, 2014 The state energy department intends to implement the State Capital Region Improvement in Power System (SCRIPS) scheme at an investment of Rs 1,500 crore to ensure stable and uninterrupted power supply in Bhubaneswar. This scheme involves massive overhaul of power transmission and distribution infrastructure. A senior government......