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