Nexans completes acquisition of AmerCable Holdings Inc.Nexans,AmerCable ,

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March 19, 2012March 27, 2012

2 March, 2012 Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, confirms that it has completed the acquisition of AmerCable on February 29, 2012. AmerCable is the leading North American producer of Mining and Oil & Gas cables, and is also active in other industrial cables segments including Renewable......

Supermac invents & installs New Dual Cross Head at Universal Cables

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March 19, 2012March 27, 2012

14 February, 2012 Supermac has successfully commissioned its new dual cross head DCH 160/190 at Universal Cables, Satna. It is first of its kind in India and is suitable for sheathing application for cables up to 220kv. Supermac has always been the pioneer in inventing and introducing new products in......

Leoni takes over j-fiber in Jena

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March 19, 2012March 27, 2012

2 February, 2012 From left to right: Dr. Ulrich Lossen, Managing Director of the j-fiber GmbH, Andreas Weinert and Erik Miersch, both Managing Directors of the LEONI Fiber Optics GmbH, together at the Photonics West 2012 Exhibition in San Francisco Leoni has acquired 100 percent of the shares of the......

Nexans awarded contract for airfield lighting cable for India’s MAFI project

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March 19, 2012March 27, 2012

1 March, 2012 Nexans has been awarded a contract by Tata Power’s Strategic Electronics Division (Tata Power SED), India, amounting to approximately 5 million euro to supply specialized medium voltage (MV) primary and low voltage (LV) secondary airfield lighting cables for the Indian Air Force’s ‘Modernization of the Airfield Infrastructure......

Prysmian secures the highest value cable project ever awarded, worth €800 million

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March 19, 2012March 27, 2012

17 February, 2012 Prysmian Group has been awarded a record contract worth approximately 800 million Euro, the highest value ever awarded in the cable business, for the development of Western HVDC Link, a new submarine High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) interconnector between Scotland and England. The whole turnkey project will......

Leoni more than doubled its net income in 2011

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March 19, 2012March 27, 2012

15 February, 2012 Leoni generated record sales of EUR 3.7 billion in fiscal 2011, according to provisional calculations. The company thus increased its sales by one fourth compared with the previous year (2010: EUR 2.96 billion). Leoni thereby again exceeded its sales forecast, having raised it twice in the course......

KEI unveils special range of Mining Cables

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March 19, 2012March 27, 2012

7 March, 2012 KEI Industries Ltd unveiled their special range of Mining Cables. KEI manufactures variety of Elastomeric (Rubber) cables up-to 11KV which are used where flexible cables are required for repeated flexing or winding & rewinding. These cables can be used with hand held or portable machines, cranes, material......

ADVARIS and AESA Cortaillod enter into a long term Partnership in the field of Production and Quality Data Management for the Cable and Wire Industry

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March 19, 2012March 28, 2012

6 March, 2012 Today several companies offer “turnkey” solutions supporting the management processes through IT-applications networked over the company’s LAN. These solutions are designed for general purpose and can fulfill most of the common requirements with quite heavy investment and complex structure. However, for the manufacturers of electrical cables and......

KEC International secures orders worth Rs. 371 crore

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March 19, 2012March 28, 2012

24 January, 2012 KEC International Ltd. (KEC) has secured two new orders worth Rs. 371 crore for the construction of transmission lines in India. The first order valued at Rs. 258 crore has been received from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL). The order is for the supply and......

Power Grid to get USD 400 million funding from IFC

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March 19, 2012March 28, 2012

5 March, 2012 Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. is likely to get USD 400 million (over Rs 1,980 crore) funding from the International Finance Corp for undertaking electricity transmission projects in the country. The proposed funding would make up for 15 per cent of the national power transmission company’s......