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Thursday, Nov 26, 2009
OKI Electric Cable has announced the launch of VEYOR-CABLE™ parallel robot cables,*1 which enable various high-flex robot cables to be combined and bonded to meet specific customer requirements. Sales and shipment of VEYOR-CABLE begin today.

When high-flex robot cables are used on industrial machines, such as in factory automation, the purpose is to support repetitive operation. Normally, a number of cables and air tubes are stored in the cable veyor. There were problems when wiring cables one by one as it sometimes led to low productivity, incorrect wiring and low bending performance. In order to solve these problems, individual cables needed to be adhered closely to maintain their durability. Moreover, each cables needed to be adhered; however the use of durable and flexible adhesion to maintain the original sliding characteristics of the individual cable was difficult.

Today, the company has successfully launched bonded-type parallel robot cables as commercial products utilizing its proprietary parallel processing technology. VEYOR-CABLE parallel robot cables offer both excellent flexibility and toughness (durability against sliding sufficient to withstand more than 50 million bending cycles*2 as verified by in-house testing) by incorporating an engineering-plastic-based elastomer adhesive for bridged bonding of cable sheaths. This ensures superb flexibility and secure adhesion, which in turn permits the parallel configuration of cables that have different external diameters, as well as air tubes, PCV-sheath cables, and urethane cables made of different materials. The resulting range of potential products meets a broad range of customer needs.

In addition to achieving a more compact configuration than wiring involving multiple individual cables, this robot cable system also significantly improves wiring efficiency.

Parallel cables are typically expensive due to the complex and time-consuming design and manufacturing process. The dedicated parallel cable processing equipment developed for VEYOR-CABLE enables small-lot production of products to custom specifications. The integrated production system handles all processes in-house, ranging from individual cable design to parallel configuration to the attachment of connectors to cable ends, allowing timely delivery—at a reasonable cost—of products that meet customer needs precisely.

“I am delighted with the development of this parallel robot cable. Since it offers superb flexibility and toughness, it allows parallel configuration of cables that have different external diameters, as well as cables made of different materials. As a result, this widens the range of potential products answers a wider range of customer needs,” said Takashi Hattori, President of OKI Electric Cables. “OKI Electric Cable will continue to strive to develop new products offering ever-higher quality to meet the needs and requirements of each customer.”

The VEYOR-CABLE products will be displayed at the International Robot Exhibition 2009 to be held at Tokyo Big Sight (East Hall 2, IR2-17) from November 25–28, 2009.

Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009
Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid, UAE Prime Minister and Vice-President, and Ruler of Dubai, H.H. Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chief of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court and Chairman of the Higher Corporation of Specialized Economic Zones (ZonesCorp), and H.H. Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, broke ground for Ducab’s new High Voltage Factory, in a ceremony held today (November 24th ) at the Ducab head office and factory in Jebel Ali.

The ceremony was in honour of Ducab’s 30th anniversary of operations in the UAE and was attended by H.E. Saeed Al Tayer, Managing Director & CEO of DEWA, and H.E. Eng. Ahmed Al Mureikhi, Representative from ADWEA. Ducab managers, business partners and key media representatives were also present at the event. The new factory will be Ducab’s sixth plant, catering to high-voltage and extra high-voltage projects already planned by ADWEA and DEWA as well as projects around the region.

Along with the ground breaking of the new factory, the company also officially launched the Ducab Special Cable Unit (SCU). This new unit significantly expands Ducab’s capacity for specialised cables suitable for oil and gas projects in the region.

“Ducab is a perfect example of what joint initiatives between Dubai and Abu Dhabi can achieve,” said Mr. Ahmed Al Shaikh, Chairman of Ducab. With the blessed leadership of our rulers and the strong support from ADWEA and DEWA, we are expanding our operations to meet customers’ demands across the region

The AED 500 million Ducab-HV factory is already underway and commercial operations will commence in late 2010. It will manufacture cable systems in the voltage range 66kV (66,000 Volts) to 400kV (400,000 Volts) covering the highest voltage currently used in the GCC. With a total built up area of 22,000m2 on a site plot of 50,000m2 at the Ducab Jebel Ali site, the factory will be the first dedicated high voltage facility in the region and will have a manufacturing capability of 30,000 Tonnes per year of cable in the range 66kV to 400kV and conductor sizes from 300sqmm to 2500sqmm.

“As our regional economies continue to grow, the need for electricity and power infrastructure grows too,” added Al Shaikh. “The Ducab HV factory is designed to meet these needs supporting ADWEA, DEWA and other regional utilities with the highest quality High Voltage and Extra High Voltage cables.”

Ducab has come a long way in the past 30 years, originally starting from just a single factory in Jebel Ali. Today, the company operates five factories across the UAE with over 900 employees. With a manufacturing capacity of 110,000 tonnes annually, Ducab’s market share is about 50% locally, with substantial exports to other GCC countries

The late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, former Ruler of Dubai and grandfather of Sheikh Majid, opened Ducab 30 years ago in partnership with the UK company BICC Cables. As the years passed, Ducab began expanding its product line and also entered into the cable accessories and components market. By the 1990s, Ducab was achieving sales of over AED 200m (USD $54.2m) and by 2008 these had grown to AED 3.2 billion. Ducab was also the first Gulf manufacturing company to obtain ISO 9001:1994 and ISO 14001 Environment Management Standard certifications.

Last year, Ducab commissioned a major expansion of their Abu Dhabi facilities with the addition of a new factory, the UAE’s first copper rod mill. The company’s current product line includes the full range of LV and MV power cables; Fire Performance Instrumentation and Control Cables—which include single and multi-core Fire Resistant cables; Low Smoke and Fume Cables; Instrumentation and Pilot cables; and Flexible wires.

Ducab’s tailor-made, advanced-cable solutions have laid the foundation for major projects ranging from world-renowned hotels to hospitals to government utilities. Some of the landmark projects powered by Ducab include the Burj Dubai, Palm Jumeriah, Dubai Metro, Gasco Ruwais, Delhi Metro, Lulu Island Bahrain, and Ras Laffan Qatar, among others.

Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009
Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has developed a new specialized cable to provide a high-performance, reliable, easy to install and low environmental impact method of connection for a new generation of sensors that will provide an early warning system for areas of the world at risk of landslides.

The development program has been carried out by Cabloswiss, a Nexans company based in Trezzano Rosa, near Milan, Italy, in collaboration with the Polytechnic of Milan as part of the PROMETEO (Public Protection: Methodologies and operational technologies) project.

The Nexans sensor cables are currently being field tested in a continuous monitoring system on Monte San Martino, overlooking the city of Lecco, the site of a previous landslide that caused deaths and serious damage. The monitoring system is connected by radio to an operations centre at the Polo Regionale di Lecco of Milan Polytechnic, where the data is processed to provide valuable information regarding the condition of the cliff and how it is changing over time, this will then be used to predict the possible risk of landslide to provide an early warning.

“We are proud to contribute through our cable technology and leading edge products to this research project to monitor an area of high geological risk, which has previously caused damage and casualties in the local population”, said Giuseppe Di Lorenzo, Managing Director of Cabloswiss. “The collaboration with the prestigious Polytechnic of Milan demonstrates once again the commitment of Nexans to putting the most advanced technologies at the service of a more sustainable world”.

A special cable for an innovative project

To network the sensors, Cabloswiss developed a specialized cable to meet all the requirements of a system installed in an inaccessible area and subjected to extreme environmental conditions. The cable, which has to be small in size for easy installation and reduced environmental impact, has two elements, each of which comprises two conductors: the first element ensures low capacitance and optimal impedance for high frequency data transmission (at speeds of up to 500 kbit/s over 100 meters); the second element consists of a pair of power conductors, with a very low voltage drop to minimize energy losses.

The cable also offers a high degree of protection against electric shocks, thanks to double shielding, and excellent resistance to extreme weather conditions (temperatures of -40°C) and UV light, which is guaranteed by a special formulation of the PVC insulating compound.

PROMETEO project

PROMETEO was born from strategic research by the Polytechnic of Milan to develop innovative methods to solve the problems of Civil Defense and Personal and National Safety, it covers various strands, including the effective management of hydro-geological disasters, through constant monitoring of landslide risk areas to make the earliest possible prediction of when a landslide is starting to form.

Current technologies only offer limited information, which reduces possible activities to post-event management. The systems that this project aims to develop are aimed, instead, to predict events by monitoring the microacoustic emissions in the rocks, increasing the possibility to save lives and minimize damage.

The monitoring systems include both conventional sensors (strain gauges, inclinometers, temperature sensors, geophones) and innovative sensors based on MEMS technology, designed by the Polytechnic of Milan to monitor the occurrence of cracks as they form and grow in the structure of the rock. Using appropriate processing techniques, this information can provide a threshold indication of activity that acts as an early alarm for a potential landslide. It would also be possible to perform simulations for emergency management, providing comprehensive and fully up to date information that will aid experts and decision makers in handling the emergency.

MEMS are easy to install, thanks to their small size, they also offer the added advantage of low power consumption that facilitates use in inaccessible areas, where a power network is not always available. In this case, low power photovoltaic systems are used.

Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009
Prysmian, worldwide leading player in the energy and telecommunications cable industry, has been awarded a strategic contract in the sector of Extra High Voltage power transmission links in China. The Group will provide Anhui Xiangshuijian Pumped Storage Co. Ltd, a China State Grid affiliate company, a 500 kV underground cable system. The project completion is due by January 2011 and will be a significant step for Prysmian to provide the Chinese market with technology developed locally.

With the purpose of a further strengthening in China in the growing sector of Extra High Voltage cable systems, Prysmian has also planned a further € 20 million investment to increase the production capacity in the Baoying manufacturing unit. The plant will be enlarged with the building of a new vertical tower for the production of extruded cables through VCV (Vertical Continuous Vulcanization) process, one of the ultimate technologies. The Baoying plant had already been enhanced in 2008 with an investment of approximately € 10 million and will become one of the most advanced cable factories in the country, when the second phase is completed.

To witness the commitment to strengthen the Italian presence in China in sectors with the most advanced level of technology and added value, the Italy-China Association chaired by Cesare Romiti has entrusted Prysmian with the China Award 2009 as “best Italian technology example in China.” The award ceremony will take place tonight in Milan during an official event with the presence of the People’s Chinese Republic Ambassador in Italy, Sun Yuxi.

More specifically the new contract includes the supply and installation of a cable system consisting of 2,370 meters of extruded insulation (XLPE) 500 kV cables and 12 sets of GIS (Gas Insulated Switchgear) sealing-ends. The system will link the underground and ground Gas Insulated Switchgears in the Xiangshuijian hydroelectric power plant, located in the Anhui Province, between Nanjing and Shanghai, which has a total capacity of 1,000 MW.

“The value of this contract is for several million dollar but it is very strategic also because it opens the top end of the market characterized by a higher content of technology and we are investing in this field” says Paolo Bazzoni, CEO of Prysmian China. “China represents approximately 20% of the worldwide cable market, with growth expectations higher than the average. Recently, the Chinese Government has announced the construction of approximately 26,000 kilometers of new power lines and Prysmian is ready to seize these opportunities of development, thanks to the local investments made in recent years in terms of both technology and products as well as production capacity and human resources development.”

Prysmian in China

The Prysmian Group ranks among the top Italian multinational groups in China, with a turnover of around € 150 million in 2008. Headquartered in Beijing, with 5 manufacturing plants located in Tianjin (special cables for industrial applications), Baoying (Extra High Voltage and High Voltage cables and systems), Wuxi (fiber optic and copper cables for telecommunications) and Shanghai (network components), Prysmian currently employs more than 1,000 people in the country.

Prysmian
A leading player in the industry of high-technology cables and systems for energy and telecommunication, the Prysmian Group is a truly global company with sales exceeding Euro 5 billion in 2008 and a strong position in higher value-added market segments. With its two businesses, Energy Cables & Systems (submarine and underground cables for power transmission and distribution, for industrial applications and for the distribution of electricity to residential and commercial buildings) and Telecom Cables & Systems (optical cables and fibres and copper cables for video, data and voice transmission), Prysmian boasts a global presence with subsidiaries in 38 countries, 53 plants in 21 countries, 7 Research & Development Centres in Europe, USA and South America, and about 12,000 employees. Specialising in the development of products and services designed to meet customers’ specific requirements, Prysmian’s key strengths include: a focus on Research & Development, the capacity to innovate products and production processes, and the use of advanced proprietary technologies. Prysmian is listed at the Milan Stock Exchange in the Blue Chip index.

Tuesday, Nov 24, 2009
Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has launched MOTIONLINE™ as its new brand identity that reflects the dynamic capabilities of its comprehensive family of cable solutions targeted at demanding automation installations where cables are in motion. The new brand makes its debut at SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2009, the exhibition for electric automation. Visitors to the Nexans stand (booth 5-324) are invited to see how MOTIONLINE™ control and power cables deliver high-performance and total reliability across a broad spectrum of chain, bus, sensor, robotic and control applications – even under the extreme dynamic loads experienced at operating speeds reaching 300 meters per minute..

The challenge of dynamic conditions and harsh manufacturing environments.

Automation installations present a particular challenge for cables, since they must ensure reliable transmission of data and control signals and/or secure power supplies while subjected to extreme dynamic loadings. Nexans has a wealth of experience in working with global automation system manufacturers and their harness suppliers to provide cables tailor-made to meet the specific needs of customers across a wide variety of industries, especially for machine tools, specialized industrial machinery and robots. These cables not only have to withstand the harsh manufacturing environment, they must comply with international standards and deliver safe, reliable and cost-effective performance.

Wide product scope and global service.

Nexans offers a very wide scope of cable products for automation, including chain cables, servo motor cables, encoder, control and bus cables as well as special cables for robotics. This scope has been further extended with the acquisition, a few years ago, of Cabloswiss and Intercond that enable Nexans to offer a complete global service for automation cables.
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Nexans has now brought all its automation cable solutions together under the MOTIONLINE™ branding that emphasizes its total service capability for everything from miniature control cables to state-of-the-art industrial Profinet cables, as well as discrete power cables. The new brand also covers hybrid cables that meet the demands of decentralized control systems by combining power and signal cores within a single cable.

Testing and R&D – a pathfinder for industry standards
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The key to Nexans’ success in establishing its leadership position in the automation sector is its major focus on testing and R&D. This is founded on substantial investment in the dedicated Automation Application Centre (AAC), which is part of the Nexans Research Centre. This facility, unique in the industry, enables cables to be exposed to dynamic operating loads that simulate realistic, in-service, conditions, thus ensuring that they offer the ideal combination of bending, tension and torsional strength required for their intended application.
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New cable materials
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These intensive R&D efforts have established Nexans as the pathfinder for industry standards such as Profibus and ASI. The company is also pioneering innovative developments in cable materials. This ensures that MOTIONLINE™ conductor and insulation materials provide the fire and heat resistance demanded for safety and performance, as well as offering the resistance to attack by oils and other chemicals essential for a long service life.
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Important new material technologies developed by Nexans include the outstanding TPM (Thermoplastic Modified) insulation as well as the new flame retardant PUR Medoxprotect-S jacket material. The very latest example is a new generation of servo motor cables designed for extreme dynamic loads such as a maximum speed of 300 meters per minute and an acceleration ten times higher than for the previous standard servo cable.

Future challenges
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Nexans believes that the main customer challenges for the future will result from an even greater emphasis on cable reliability, while machinery becomes ever more demanding with higher speeds and levels of acceleration. Nexans is already responding with further investment in new testing facilities and will shortly expand the MOTIONLINE™ family with a new range of cables developed specifically for higher dynamic loads – including the servo motor cables mentioned above. This range will also include a new bus cable, optimized for challenging conditions that will also reflect the industry trend for increased data transmission rates by transmitting digital signals at up to 100 Mbps.

International standards
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MOTIONLINE™ cables conform to all major international safety standards, such as German (VDE), Canadian (CSA), American (ANSI), Chinese (CCC) and UL worldwide.

Monday, Nov 23, 2009
The Dow Wire and Cable Business will adjust the net pricing of its products, effective January 1, 2010. This action is driven by a combination of critical industry fundamentals, among them, increased crude oil volatility, and the increasing costs of basic raw materials.

Net pricing of compounds will change as follows:

· Telecommunications, Low Voltage and Jacketing products will increase $0.06 per pound Net.

· Medium Voltage and High Voltage products (including insulation and semicons) will increase $0.10 per pound Net.

· Fire Retardant grades will increase $0.20 per pound Net.

About Dow Wire & Cable

Dow Wire & Cable, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, is a leading global provider of products, technology, solutions and expertise that the power industry can count on for reliability, longevity, efficiency, ease of installation and protection in the transmission, distribution and consumption of power, voice and data. Understanding that good relationships are essential to success, Dow Wire & Cable works together with cable makers, utilities, municipalities, testing institutes and other organizations around the world to develop solutions and create mutual value that will sustain the industry for years to come. For more information, visit www.dowinside.com.

Thursday, Nov 19, 2009
Alcan Cable, part of Alcan Engineered Products – a business unit of Rio Tinto – hosted a grand opening ceremony today for its recently commissioned aluminium alloy cable manufacturing facility located in Tianjin, People’s Republic of China. Attending the ceremony were prominent Chinese government officials and Alcan Cable Management.

“With localised production capabilities, Alcan Cable can now provide high quality, innovative cable solutions, and outstanding customer service and technical support to our customers in China,” said Ivan Salamin, General Manager of Alcan (Tianjin) Alloy Products Company. “This undoubtedly represents an important milestone for the development of the Chinese market for our STABILOY(R) products.”

Guests attending the inaugural event included Huang Xing Guo and He Lifeng, officials of the City of Tianjin as well as Ian Hewett, President of Alcan Cable, Mr. Salamin and other members of the Alcan Cable senior management team.

The world-class Tianjin Plant is the first production facility wholly owned by Alcan Cable in China. This state-of-the-art manufacturing plant is located in the Tianjin Airport Industrial Park and manufactures the STABILOY(R) brand of aluminium alloy building wire for residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial power construction applications in the Chinese market.

STABILOY(R) aluminium alloy building wire is a very secure and reliable wiring solution. The aluminium alloy used in the STABILOY(R) product range is produced using the latest technology to manufacture high quality products specifically for electrical feeder conductor applications in residential and commercial buildings. Some of the distinctive features of STABILOY(R) aluminium alloy building wire include its light weight and flexibility, which translate directly into easy installation and cost savings for our customers.

Alcan Cable has provided its customers with exceptional products and outstanding customer service for over 100 years. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Alcan Cable is a leading manufacturer of aluminium cable, modular wiring systems, and aluminium rod and strip products. It has seven manufacturing operations – six in North America and one in China.

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Rio Tinto’s business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa.

Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009
Brady Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: BRC) announced today the release of its latest version of LabelMark™ Label Design Software. With label design wizards, single-click importing, and complete integration with Microsoft Office and AutoCAD applications, LabelMark 5 Software is a time-saving solution for designing, editing and printing high performance labels.

Electrical labeling wizards and new AutoCAD functionality simplify label design
LabelMark 5 Software offers a number of new features that help users create and edit labels more efficiently. Label design wizards are available to simplify some of the most popular electrical labeling applications, including wire harness and control panel job. These wizards walk the user step-by-step through the label design process, creating a label for all of the necessary components of a wire harness or control panel job.

The software gives users the flexibility to design labels either in a free form graphical layout (by adding graphics, barcodes and other images), or in a fixed line data entry layout where data is inputted onto a label. Users can also insert and edit an entire AutoCAD file (or an AutoCAD layer/area of interest on a layer) directly onto their labels.

After a list of labels has been created, users can easily duplicate it with reversed or flipped text rotations. If the labels need to be serialized for a job, the software also offers a quick one-step serialization function.

New software tools improve process of transferring external data to labels
Many of the software’s new data management tools can significantly reduce the amount of time spent integrating data sources into the system. The new single-click importing function allows users to import data onto a label from an external source with a click of a mouse. They can select data while inside AutoCAD, Excel or Visio, apply this data to a selected label and then preview, print and save while concurrently continuing to work within these applications.

To ensure all of the labels have imported correctly, a “check error” function is available that can identify labels with missing data or design errors. This new function allows users to correct the labeling errors prior to printing – which saves time and reduces label material waste.

Enhanced job manager and batch printing capabilities for faster label printing
In addition to the label design and data management tools, LabelMark 5 Software also offers several features that improve the process of label printing as well. The software’s job manager functionality allows the user to simultaneously manage multiple print jobs and printers with a single job file on the system; this allows the user to organize the batch printing according to jobs, which makes the labels easier to apply and saves time during product assembly.

Users can also assign specific label materials to certain printers, and the software will create default printing settings that reflect the same part/printer association for future labeling jobs. When paired with a Brady IP Label Printer series, the software can even communicate bi-directionally with the printer, and will automatically load the preferred label formats prior to printing.

Brady software offers complete solution for voice and data, electrical and lab labeling
LabelMark 5 Software provides advanced label design and printing capabilities to Brady’s voice and data, electrical, and lab identification solutions. The software has a complete array of Brady materials contained within its database for quick and easy network identification, wire and cable labeling, and lab identification.

With new and improved functionality for high performance labeling, LabelMark 5 Software offers time-saving tools for each phase of the label creation process – from product design to label application. By integrating data sources, label designs and batch printing into one cohesive system, LabelMark 5 Software offers a complete solution for operational label set up, management and execution.

For more information about LabelMark 5 Label Design Software, or to request a demo of the software, visit www.bradyid.com/labelmark.

* LabelMark™5 Label Design Software is a registered trademark of Brady Worldwide, Inc.