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corporate News significance of this initiative is the company’s pioneering role in developing PVC as a workhorse compound for insulation and jacketing as well as the sheer number of such compounds—over 3000—now offered by the company. “For decades after Teknor Apex began manufacturing PVC wire and cable compounds in the 1940s, lead-containing additives were the most effective means of making PVC thermally stable while maintaining its outstanding electrical properties,” said Teknor Apex Industry Manager, Mike Patel, said. “All that has now changed. New nonlead stabilizers plus advanced compounding technology has enabled us to manufacture NLS compounds whose performance and cost are comparable to lead-stabilized materials.” Customers that have not already initiated a changeover to NLS compounds are urged to do so as soon as possible, noted Patel. Teknor reps will contact these firms to provide NLS-compound recommendations and other advice. New stabilizers and advanced compounding are both needed for eliminating lead. According to Patel, “After years of work with additive suppliers and customers seeking to eliminate lead, Teknor Apex has developed its capability for formulating fully comparable NLS alternatives to the point where we anticipate no problem in converting any remaining lead-stabilized product into its NLS equivalent and supplying it by July 31, 2008.” Until recently, tribasic lead sulfate and other lead-based stabilizers were the most efficient and cost-effective additives for rendering the PVC polymer in vinyl resistant to thermal degradation. Polymer degradation causes deterioration of the mechanical properties of PVC and compromises its electrical properties. The key to replacing lead stabilizers was the development by additive companies starting in the 1990s, of new more efficient stabilizers. Patel said, “The challenge for compounders like Teknor Apex was to develop formulations in which the new stabilizers function in concert with all the other ingredients that make up so complex a compound as PVC for wire and cable.” The Vinyl Division of Teknor Apex Company is a leading manufacturer of compounds for wire and cable. www.teknorapex.com New Divisional Manager at Roblon Cable solutions company Roblon A/S, based in Frederikshavn, Denmark, recently appointed Thomas Holt Jørgensen to head up the company’s Industrial Fiber Division. Jørgensen is already well-known both at Roblon and within the industry as he has 10 years experience with the Roblon group. He was previously based at Roblon Engineering Division and then at Roblon Industrial Fiber Division where he has been Sales and Marketing Manager Thomas Holt Jørgensen since 2004. In his new role as Division Executive Manager for Roblon Industrial Fiber Division, Jørgensen said he looks forward to heading up activities including new R&D projects, the launch of new products and participation in trade shows around the world. Roblon said that customers are always welcome at the division’s factory located in Northern Denmark, and that they can January 2008/Wire & Cable Technology International 35 http://www.teknorapex.com http://www.psconstruzioni.com http://www.psconstruzioni.com

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