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Considerable cost savings The NIEHOFF Magazine 2/2017 is out now Niehoff will display D 632 type double twist bunching A new issue of the NIEHOFF Magazine, the machine) and wire South America (where Niehoff will customer journal of the Niehoff Group, is display an MMH 101 multiwire drawing machine). available now. The main article entitled Two articles analyze the outlook for the wire and “Considerable cost savings “ is based on the cable industry in these parts of the world Niehoff presentation at the most recent CRU Wire & Cable Conference and demonstrates how Richard Mack, Principal Consultant at the CRU energy costs, labour costs and material costs Group, tells in an interview what cable manufacturers can be sustainably reduced by using Niehoff can do to cope with challenges, while Prof. Izyaslav machinery. With the latest generation of RBD lines from Niehoff e.g. 200,000 €/a of electrical B. Peshkov, President of International Association energy savings can be achieved compared with “Intercable”, emphasizes that there is reason to believe that the “bottom” of the 2014-2015 crisis of the cable a conventional gear driven rod line. Other industry in Russia and its neighbour countries has examples are the reduced power consumption been passed and an increase in production volumes is of an D 632 type double twist buncher with beginning. ECO-Bow and the working precision of Niehoff systems. Their users can exploit the lower Two companies which rely on Niehoff technology tolerance limits of specifications and achieve and know how are introduced: Venine Cable considerable material savings. from Thailand and Condumax from Brazil, both Further focal points in this NIEHOFF Magazine issue manufacturers of cables made from copper wire or are the markets in Southeast Asia and South America aluminum wire and foreseen for a wide variety of applications. with the trade fairs wire Southeast Asia (where In the news section the executives of the new subsidiary NIEHOFF Stranding Technology (NST) are introduced and some impressions are given from the CRU conference trip to the Niehoff headquarters in Schwabach. Biannually the NIEHOFF Magazine informs its readers about company news and developments, trade shows and events and other interesting topics. The magazine, published in English and German with summaries in Chinese and Russian, can be obtained from the Niehoff headquarters in Germany or all Niehoff subsidiaries and service offices worldwide. It is also available at the Niehoff website: http://www.niehoff-gmbh. info/de/up-to-date/niehoff-magazines . 6 WIRE NEWS October 2017