PROGRAM

of the Scientific & Technical Symposium

within the framework of the 54^th General Meeting of the IA Intercable

Session 1: Cables for structured communication systems (LAN) and optical cables: production forecasts, technological equipment, materials.

Session 2: Cable winding, braiding and twisting equipment.

October 24 (Tuesday)

Session 1: Cables for structured communication systems (LAN) and optical cables: production forecasts, technological equipment, materials.

12:00 – 12:30

Telecommunication cables for general cabling for customers premises (LAN-cables) and optical cables, product forecast. The speaker: Dr. M. Sholudenko, Department Chief, VNIIKP OJSC, Russia.

12:35 – 13:05

The status and trend of China communication and optical cable industry. The speaker: Prof. Y. Ying, Manager/Senior Engineer, SECRI, China.

13:10 – 13:40

Structured cabling – Local Area network – LAN cables: Equipment and process. The speaker: R. Rodriguez, Product Manager, Maillefer Extrusion Oy, Finland.

13:45 – 14:15

Process enhancing and scrap minimizing for LAN cable manufacturing. The speaker: G. Hofer, Product Manager, Rosendahl Nextrom GmbH, Austria.

14:15 – 15:15

Business lunch

15:15 – 15:45

Manufacturing methods LAN cables. The speaker: S. Farge, Sales Manager, Gauder Group (Pourtier/Setic), Belgium.

15:50 – 16:20

Data cable and shielding for the automotive industry. The speaker: L. Haar, Sales Manager, Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co.KG, Germany.

October 25 (Wednesday)

09:30 – 10:00

Online quality control of communication cables – A technology update. The speaker: H. Lieder, Sales Director, SIKORA AG, Germany.

10:05 – 10:35

New Borealis’ materials for FOC and LAN cables. The speakers: A. Saitgaleev, Technical Service Engineer, Borealis AG, Austria.

10:40 – 11:10

Draka’s BendBright-XS family of bend insensitive fibres: the future in single mode fibres. The speakers:N. Bongianino, EMEA Sales & Service Manager, J. Humeniuk, Technical Sales Support,Telecom Business, Optical Fiber, Draka Comteq, Prysmian Group, Netherlands.

11:15 – 11:45

Coffee break

11:45 – 12:15

Certification of Cable Products according to the CPR. The speaker: D. Cavassa, Business Development Manager Europe, UL International, France.

Session 2: Cable winding, braiding and twisting equipment.

12:20 – 12:50

Winding, braiding and twisting equipment for tailored made cables. Effective solutions for industrial automation projects. The speaker: J. Toth, Production and Sales Manager, Cables and Winding Wires, VUKI a.s., Slovakia.

12:55 – 13:25

Sampsistemi solutions for spooling, armoring and twisting. The speaker E. Conte, Product Manager for Drawing and Twisting Equipment, Sampsistemi S.r.l., Italy.

13:30 – 14:00

Special braiding applications for Screening MV-Cables, Mining cables and Shipyard cables.

The speaker: R. Kramer, Sales Manager, SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH, Germany.

14:05 – 14:40

Enhancement of quality characteristics of polyimide-fluoroplastic insulated copper winding wires and improvement of their production technology. The speaker B. Vasiliev, Project Manager, “Trade House of VNIIKP” JSCcl., Russia.

14:40 – 15:40

Business lunch