New hires, promotions and an obituary
Southwire and its supply-chain partners announced a wave of leadership changes, highlighted by Ganesh Ramaswamy succeeding Rich Stinson as president and CEO, new executive appointments across companies such as Rautomead, AFL, Tri Star Metals, Premix Group USA, Schlatter North America, REELEX, and Amphenol Network Solutions, and the passing of noted filtration expert James John Joseph Jr.
Guill Tool expands lab capabilities
Guill Tool has launched Guill Labs, enhancing its extrusion capabilities with a cutting-edge rheology lab and process center. Equipped with advanced diagnostics and simulation tools, the facility enables precision tooling design and real-time analysis to better serve high-performance applications in the wire and cable manufacturing sector.
Prysmian pulls out of plan for U.S. subsea cable plant as new president takes office
Clean Energy Investment Faces Political Headwinds The Prysmian Group has ended plans to build a subsea power cable factory at Brayton Point in Somerset, Massachusetts. The $300 million project would have produced high-voltage cables to support the growing offshore wind industry in the United States. Local reports revealed that Prysmian announced the decision just two days before Donald Trump took office in January 2017. The company […]
Sweden’s Elcowire notes that it will be world’s 1st to fully replace fossil fuel
Elcowire signed a 15-year agreement with Meva Energy to transform its Helsingborg plant into what it calls the world’s greenest cable manufacturing facility. Under the deal, Meva Energy will supply 9 MW of renewable biogas and also design, own and operate an on-site energy plant at the site. This partnership replaces fossil gas with fossil-free […]