39^th General Meeting of the International Association “Intercable”

On 25-26 May the 39^th General Meeting of the International Association “Intercable” (IA “Intercable”) took place in Limassol (Cyprus). In the frames of the General Meeting a scientific and technical symposium consisting of two sessions was held. Below is the list of reports made at the symposium:

Session 1. Optical cables: materials, machinery and control devices used in their production.

1. Production of optical cables in the world and CIS countries under conditions of economic downturn, VNIIKP OJSC, Russia, the speaker - G. Meschanov

2. New fiber types especially suitable for FTTH, DRAKA Communication, Germany, the speaker - G. Cumbat

3. Maillefer solutions for fiber optic micro cable production, Maillefer SA, Switzerland, the speaker - J. Kotala

4. Design futures for the stranding of fiber optic cables, Ceeco Bartell Products, Canada, the speaker - S. Harrington

5. Machinery for the manufacture of high quality optical fibre cable elements, Medek & Schoerner, Austria, the speaker - К. Descovich

6. New technology for armoring of optical cable, SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH, Germany, the speaker G. Kvaratskhelia

7. Advanced measuring and control technology for optical fiber production, SIKORA AG, Germany, the speaker – H. Prunk

8. Optical cables are under control, Zumbach Electronic AG, Switzerland, the speaker - S. Piller

9. DSM Desotech U.V. curable materials and their application in cable solutions, DSM Desotech bv, the Netherlands, the speaker – A. Gardiner

10. Utilizing advanced bimodal jacketing technology in fibre optic cables, Borealis AG, Austria, the speaker – А. Urbanczyk

11. Filling compounds for fibre optical cables exploited in a wide temperature range, Bogdany Petrol Ltd, Hungary, the speaker - M. Mencke

12. Latest developments and innovations on our UNIWEMA machine for the production of FIST, Nexans Deutschland GmbH, Germany, the speaker - W. Beckmann

13.Turnkey fiber optics manufacturing solutions – from preform to fiber, Nextrom OY, Finland, the speaker - A. Giraud

14. Turnkey fiber optics manufacturing solutions – from fiber to cable, Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH, Austria, the speaker - R. Stoeckl

Session 2. Nanotechnologies in the cable industry.

1. Application of the nanotechnologies and material for maintenance and hardening of the wire making machines. (ISE “Flagman”, Russia).

2. Nanotechnology-based works realized at “Sevcable Holding” (Sevcable Holding, Russia).

General Meeting of the IA “Intercable” pointed out that within the period under report the Association actively participated in organization and holding of the International trade fairs “CABEX 2010” in Moscow and “Wire 2010” in Duesseldorf, as well as in preparation of the scientific and technical symposium on the above mentioned topic. Momentive Performance Materials (Germany) and Queins&Co. GmbH (Germany) were accepted into the IA “Intercable”. The following companies were excluded from the Association: EN cables s.r.o. (Czechia) for non-payment of the membership fees for the period established by the Constitution and Wardwell Europe GmbH (Germany) due to the discontinuation of business activities and integration into SKET that is already a member of the IA “Intercable” (there is a written request in this regard). Due to the business reorganization and company name change Sviaztech Ltd. was accept into the IA “Intercable” as an assign of Electroliniji Ltd.

This year the IA “Intercable” will celebrate 20 years from its foundation, therefore the 40^th General Meeting of the Association will be jubilee. This General Meeting and associated scientific and technical symposium will take place in Kazan (Russia) from 6 to 11 December 2010. The topic of the symposium foresees reports on the energy saving in the cable industry and new poleolefin based cable materials (silane cross-linked polyethylenes, halogen-free PE compounds, etc.).