Blog - Maillefer

Successful Wire & Cable Show in Shanghai

Oct 2, 2014 12:00:00 AM


Once more Shanghai hosted the Chinese cable industry as well as many other international players. The exhibition was more international than ever before. Many familiar faces visited from the neighboring countries, but also extensively from the South East Asia region in general. We received more than 400 visitors from about 200 different companies, institutes and partners.

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Micro-drip Irrigation Tube - Rapid Rupture Response

Sep 19, 2014 12:00:00 AM

With its most recent micro-drip irrigation extrusion line, PIL // Explore, Maillefer continues to build-in innovative solutions that improve ease of use and augment performance. Our Rapid Rupture Response (triple-R) feature addresses quality and performance issues that occasionally arise during production – complete tube breaks and smaller wall tears. When they do happen, the aim is to minimize down time and rapidly return to full quality production.

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NEW - Aviation Specific Extrusion Line

Sep 16, 2014 12:00:00 AM

The continued increase in electronic applications in aviation and aerospace industry in addition to the growing demand from aircraft manufactures for enhanced data transmission are a major challenge in cabling systems. Maillefer has responded to this demand by developing an aviation specific extrusion line.

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NEW – 24/7 Helpdesk Service

Sep 12, 2014 12:00:00 AM

Our new 24/7 Helpdesk Service will be available from September 24, 2014. Just call + 358 9 88 665 707 anywhere, anytime. 

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New Value Package – Perfect Roundness Concept

Sep 10, 2014 12:00:00 AM

Are you looking for more reliable high and extra high voltage power cable systems with better joints, terminations and lower material costs?

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Together Product Development is Easy

Sep 5, 2014 12:00:00 AM

ABB’s Corporate Research visited Maillefer’s R&D center at its head quarters in Finland to assess extrusion concepts and processing parameters for ABB’s R&D project.

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Maillefer at wire China 2014 on Booth W1F24

Sep 3, 2014 12:00:00 AM

Maillefer’s new market concept with three production solution levels launched this spring at wire 2014 in Düsseldorf has been well grasped by the global market. There is a perfect match for each market situation – you can find the winning solution in low-end as well as in high-end categories in almost 20 applications.

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The Coiler Revisited

Jul 8, 2014 12:00:00 AM

Maillefer engineers were very eager to present their prototype automatic dual coiler at last fall’s K 2013 show, and with due cause. The newly announced TCA prototype highlighted months of efforts to completely revisit the successful design of its predecessor – the MWB. The TCA promises to offer customers the most advanced and competitive coiling solution possible. Indeed, Pipe & Tube industries are demanding a coiler that is ergonomic, safe, robust, reliable, easy to maintain and financially attractive.

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Packed to go the Distance

Jun 25, 2014 12:00:00 AM

Since the introduction of blown (or air-jetted) fiber technologies via micro-ducts, Maillefer has been at the forefront of providing specific solutions to a small group of manufacturers who believed in micro-duct’s future. Now with demand growing so does the requirement for increased production performance and capacity. One area where producers seek optimization is in the conditioning of micro-duct between extrusion and bundle assembly & jacketing.

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Novel Purity Scanner to Minimize Cable Breakdowns

Jun 10, 2014 12:00:00 AM

Cable breakdown can cost you your customer. This is especially true for demanding applications, such as high and extra high voltage underground and submarine cables. The most common reason for a cable breakdown is impurities in the XLPE insulation, which is one of the main raw material for this type of cables. To put it in short, the purer the material, the lower the risk of a breakdown.

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