Blog - Maillefer

Jan 20, 2016 12:00:00 AM

Have you ever been in a situation where you had to turn down a customer order because of the lack of capacity in your cable production? Perhaps the opportunity was there for a short moment only but was taken by someone else, right?

Jan 13, 2016 12:00:00 AM

In time for the Holidays, Maillefer in Switzerland renewed the tradition of a center reserved for R&D excellence. Glasses were raised to toast the ribbon cutting ceremony, which was officiated by Lars Fagerholm - CEO, Félix Ferreiro - VP Pipe & Tube Business Line, and Philippe Moeschler - Operations Director, and included a demonstration of micro-drip irrigation lateral production.

Nov 18, 2015 12:00:00 AM

Temperature control and cooling is a vital part of the process to produce top quality cables. An optimally dimensioned cooling trough is also one of the key factors in production efficiency. A wrongly or deficiently dimensioned cooling process can result a perfectly extruded product useless.

Nov 11, 2015 12:00:00 AM

The global airline industry continues to grow very rapidly. Measured by revenue, the industry has doubled over the past decade, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). This sets big demands for manufacturing capacity.

Oct 7, 2015 12:00:00 AM

Maillefer received its last telex in the early 1990's when Internet reached the more remote corners of the globe. Fortunately, all our customers have the modern tools to immediately send us a written service request coupled with descriptive pictures and drawings. Though nearly all of our courier today arrives by e-mail, we saw the need to setup a more direct and privileged channel to Services.

Sep 30, 2015 12:00:00 AM

Maillefer announces features for its PML extrusion lines for the production of soft PVC medical intravenous (IV) tube. Thanks to cooperation with the world’s leading medical device manufacturers, innovations on tube surface finish and for conditioning have been brought about. Advantages are increased production speed and product optimization that are carried over to the manufacturing processes located downstream.

Sep 15, 2015 12:00:00 AM

All cable manufacturers know that joining a conductor in a CV line within a limited time frame is very challenging. We offer a method to make reliable conductor joints faster than ever for medium voltage (MV) and even high (HV) and extra high voltage (EHV) cables with milliken conductors.

Aug 19, 2015 12:00:00 AM

The long standing reputation of Maillefer as a full service provider comes in part from our history in empowering customer staff with knowledge useful in their daily tasks. Today, Maillefer Services continues with the role of federating know-how within and promoting it beyond. We simply want your people to have the needed tools to best do their job on our equipment.

Jun 25, 2015 12:00:00 AM

What a challenge! How to keep micro-drip irrigation drippers all lined-up perfectly and in pace with our high extrusion line speeds? Maintaining an uninterrupted continuous flow of drippers is critical when offering insertion rates as high as 2000 drippers per minute. The key is to buy time by massively accumulating drippers ready for insertion. Plus, that precious time can be put to good use to condition drippers and assuring a consistent weld quality.