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New contracts and orders in industry
Brødrene wins contract for three high-speed catamarans
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rødrene Aa, Hyen, Norway has announced the signing of a new contract for 3 additional high-speed carbon fiber catamaran ferries for the Chinese market. The customer, Zhongshan-Hong Kong Passenger Shipping Co-op Co., Ltd (ZS), China will be operating the ferries between Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China. Two of the vessels in the contract will be 42m in length with a capacity of 300 passengers and have maximum operating speed of 40 knots. The third vessel will be 42m as well, but with a capacity for 230 passengers and a max operating speed of 37 knots. Construction of the vessels will begin at the shipyard in Hyen in November 2017 and all will be completed and delivered to Hong Kong by June 2019. “This contract represents an important milestone in our efforts to penetrate the Chinese market,” said CEO Tor Øyvin. Composite technology has long been the construction material of choice for Brødrene Aa and it is today recognised as the world leader in fuel efficient low emission carbon fibre ferries. Visit: www.braa.no
Nexans to power the world’s largest potash mine
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Mark Water Pumps wins order from Suzuki
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-based Mark Water Pumps will be contributing towards a group order from Maruti Suzuki in India for over 250,000 parts destined for its popular Swift model. The new business has been secured by the technical expertise of David Lewis and the Colwyn Bay based team, who together have decades of experience servicing the automotive industry. David Lewis, Plant Manager at Mark Water Pumps Limited, comments: “We are proud to be manufacturing oil pumps and front cover assemblies for Maruti Suzuki. When visiting India, it always puts a smile on my face to see how many Swifts there are on the roads and knowing that we are part of that.” “We have been manufacturing automotive components for Maruti Suzuki for a number of years now and are thrilled that they have not only continually supported our partnership with them, but have also requested that we supply an additional quarter of a million plus units for their well-known Swift model. Visit: www.markwaterpumps.limited
Nexam Chemical supplies material for semiconductors
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exam Chemical will early in 2018 start supplying material to a new Japanese customer within the focus area high performance polymers, thereby opening a new high performance segment – solutions for semiconductors. The customer, a leading Japanese manufacturer of semiconductor materials,
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has for a long time collaborated with Nexam Chemical to produce materials that meet the high standards of semiconductor encapsulation materials. Semiconductors are included in the components of most of the electronics we currently have around us, such as mobile phones, computers and so on. As components become smaller, the demands on heat resistance have increased.
the global population continues to grow, potash, one of the key ingredients in agricultural fertiliser, will play an increasingly important role in the world’s future. To meet the growing demand, Mosaic, the world’s leading producer of potash and phosphate crop nutrients, has selected Nexans to supply power cables and support services for its $1.7 billion expansion project which will make its K3 facility in Canada the world’s largest potash mine by 2024. The Mosaic Company chose Nexans for its ability to deliver high-quality, innovative cables designed to last longer in the harshest mining environments. Nexans will also provide its industryleading mine site cable training, education and engineering support. “We look forward to supporting Mosaic K3’s ambitious growth plan in the framework of the contract that reinforces Nexans’ position as the cable solutions leader in underground and open pit mining,” said Steven Vermeulen, Nexans Executive VP Americas. “This agreement builds on a 10-year relationship between our organisations as well as a strong cooperation with our distribution partner, whose ability to handle logistics and cable management perfectly complements our superior and proven solutions.” Visit: www.nexans.com “So far we have been focused on high temperature composites in the high performance area. We now have a first customer within semiconductors and we see opportunities for interesting projects together with several players, which in the long run can lead to business,” says Anders Spetz, CEO at Nexam Chemical. Visit: www.nexamchemical.com
