Harting launches profinet-compliant cabling for industrial networks

Harting can now offer a comprehensive range of Profinet-compliant cabling solutions for industrial data networks, including packages based on the recently introduced Ha-Vis Prelink system.

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Red Electric Building Mallorca Electricity Cable

Red Electrica Corporacion SA expects to complete the installation within a few months of a 240 kilometer (150-mile) electricity cable between the Spanish mainland and the island of Mallorca.

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Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Wins Industry Recognition and Receives New Contracts

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited (OTC Bulletin Board: AWRCF) (“APWC” or the “Company”), a leading manufacturer of wire and cable products for the telecommunications and electric-power industries in selected Asia-Pacific markets, today announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Pacific Wire and Cable Shenzhen (“PEWSC”), has been recognized as one of the top wire and cable companies in China, and another subsidiary has received several significant new contracts.

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Rio Tinto’s Tom Albanese Forecasts Continuing ‘Strong’ Copper Price

Rio Tinto Group, the world’s third- largest mining company, forecast high copper prices will continue before supplies from new projects damp the market.

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Interview with Ahmed A. El Sewedy, President and Chief Executive Officer of El Sewedy Electric

Biography

Subsequent to attaining his B.sc degree in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University in 1986, Ahmed joined his family’s business of manufacturing cables. Being an apprentice to the industry, he was assigned and assumed a diversity of roles, proceeding from one to another, in preparation for the business’s new leader. In 1997, he was appointed as the CEO of the company and initiated corporate strategies that shifted El Sewedy to a new horizon.

Starting with ONE cables factory, Ahmed master minded the current massive expansions of El Sewedy Cables and drove a 30% per annum growth of capacity, revenues and manufacturing plants to reach 30 factories by 2010. In May 2006, he led El Sewedy Cables IPO, and the private placement of shares on the Cairo and Alexandria stock exchange amounted to 1.29 billion Egyptian pounds representing 25% of the share capital of El Sewedy Cables. In November 2010, Ahmed changed Elsewedy Cables name to Elsewedy Electric in order to reflect current business expansions and diversification as an integrated energy solutions provider serving and reaching customers in five main markets – energy, infrastructure, industrial, building and residential – by operating in eight diversified sectors: cables and accessories, electrical products, energy measurement and management, transformers, communication, wind energy generation, solar energy, and EPC operations.

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Leoni closes out fiscal 2010 with record sales

Leoni generated record sales of some EUR 2.96 billion (previous year: EUR 2.16 billion) in fiscal 2010, according to preliminary calculations.

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General Cable Reports Fourth Quarter Results

General Cable Corporation (NYSE: BGC), one of the most globally diversified industrial companies, reported today results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010. Diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2010 were $0.66. Included in these results was $0.09 per share of non-cash convertible debt interest expense. Before the impact of this item, adjusted non-GAAP earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2010 would have been $0.75.

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Prysmian maintains leading worldwide position in telecom optical fibre and cables market

Prysmian Cables & Systems – a leading worldwide player in the energy and telecommunications cable market – has confirmed its position among the top global players in the telecommunications optical fibre and cables sector, with overall production of around 10 million km of optical fibre in 2010, equal to 5% of the total worldwide industry production, and with a significant growth on 2009.

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Borouge and Borealis exhibit their wire and cable solutions at Middle East Electricity Exhibition 2011

Visitors to Middle East Electricity Exhibition 2011 in Dubai experienced firsthand why wire and cable manufacturers across the globe are choosing advanced insulation, semi-conductive and jacketing materials from Borouge and Borealis, leading providers of innovative, value creating plastics solutions to the global wire and cable industry.

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DUCAB to display full cable range at MEEE

Dubai Cable Company (Ducab), one of the largest manufacturers of power cables in the Middle East, will be showcasing its entire range of energy cables, connect accessories and copper products at the Middle East Electricity Exhibition 2011 (MEEE). The move comes as the organization looks to highlight its production capabilities while broadening its product range in 2011. 

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