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HELUKABEL Opens New U.S. Headquarters


West Dundee, IL — HELUKABEL® USA has opened new 75,000 ft2 (6,968m2) headquarters in West Dundee, Illinois, a suburb of Chica- go. The new facility sits on eight acres in Oakview Corporate Park.


short history in the U.S., as it solidi- fies its continued commitment and expansions in North America. This build-to-suit facility has been de- signed and built specifically to har- monize operational processes and streamline workflows. In- creasing the racking capaci- ty by more than 100 percent will allow orders to be processed faster, provide greater product availability and improve lead times. HELUKABEL USA,


HELUKABEL’s new facility in West Dundee, Illinois.


This is the first phase of buildout that allows for future expansion to accommodate a facility of over 200,000 ft2 (18,581m2), as the compa- ny grows. This investment marks an im- portant milestone in the company’s


which started operations in 2007, has grown quickly in the U.S. industrial cable and wire sector focusing on high product availability and short lead times. “The de- mand for our branded prod-


ucts such as TRAYCONTROL®, TOPFLEX® and TOPSERV® has re- quired us to rapidly increase our warehousing capacity and opera- tional capabilities in a short period of time,” says Markus Dannheim, pres- ident of HELUKABEL USA. “Since


our founding 11 years ago, we have physically moved two times in order to maintain inventory levels that al- low us to provide products faster than industry standards so that we continue to exceed our customers’ ex- pectations.” The company began operating


out of the new facility in May, once construction, which began in early November 2017, was completed. “The speed at which we were able to de- sign, construct and obtain beneficial occupancy to our new headquarters is a testament to the countless hours of planning that went into this proj- ect, our relationship with officials at the village of West Dundee and Opus Development Company, and the ded- icated team of HELUKABEL USA,” Dannheim says. Contact: HELUKABEL USA,


1201 Wesemann Drive, West Dundee, IL 60118 % 847-930-5118 fax: 847-622-8766 E-mail: kevin.siegel@helukabel.com Web: www.helukabel.com r


Alstom Trains Travel with HARTING Technology


Elgin, IL — The HARTING Technol- ogy Group is expanding its business activity in South Africa.


Han-Modular® connectors are


now being produced for the train di- vision of the French industrial group Alstom. HARTING has a sales office in Johannes- burg.


The company pro-


vides services and solutions for its partner Hiconnex In- dustrial to meet compre- hensive national stan- dards. Cable and connector


Chris Brand, general manager, Hiconnex Industrial (left), and Bernd Fisher, general manager corporate regional management, HARTING (right).


distributor Hiconnex In- dustrial handles the com- plete assembly of Han- Modular connectors. These connectors are fitted into Alstom trains, which are then delivered to PRASA, a South African national


transport company. “This partnership is a win-win


situation for all companies involved — Alstom, Hiconnex Industrial and HARTING,” says Bernd Fischer, HARTING’s general manager of cor- porate regional management. With this project, all companies support the local market in South Africa. “We are delighted that Alstom


is impressed with our expertise and quality products in the rail sector,” says Chris Brand, general manager of Hiconnex Industrial. HARTING and Hiconnex are looking to develop a long-term partnership. Contact: HARTING North


America, 1370 Bowes Road, Elgin, IL 60123 % 847-717-9217 E-mail: christina.chatfield@harting.com Web: www.harting.com r


Cicoil and NASA — 60 Yr. Partners


Valencia, CA — The National Aero- nautics Space Agency (NASA) is cel- ebrating its 60th anniversary as an independent, non-military govern- ment agency. Cicoil is also celebrat- ing its 60th year as a flat cable as- sembly supplier to NASA on numer- ous space missions. Cicoil’s history with the U.S. space program began with NASA’s


Cicoil’s flat bio-harnesses helped Alan Shephard become the first American to travel into space.


predecessor, The U.S. National Advi- sory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). With the start of the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in 1955, NACA began to put together plans to create Project Mer- cury, with the prime objective of get- ting an American into Earth’s orbit. NACA needed a lightweight,


bio-instrumentation harness that could easily be attached to the under- garments worn by each of the astro- nauts. The bio-harness would need to continuously monitor vital signs, such as blood pressure, respiration, body temperature, and pulse rate. Cicoil’s engineers developed a


way to separately encase shielded signal pairs and different size wires within the same thin flat cable, while controlling the spacing between each. By creating this durable cable package, electronic interference was eliminated, and the fully terminated harness provided uninterrupted sig- nal integrity during the harsh rigors of space flight. Contact: Cicoil, 24960 Avenue


Tibbitts, Valencia, CA 91355 % 661-295-1295 fax: 661-295-0813 E-mail: flatcable@cicoil.com Web: www.cicoil.com r


MIRTEC Now Collaborating with Comet Group


Oxford, CT — MIRTEC has entered into a technical collaboration agree- ment with YXLON, a part of Comet Group. This partnership allows both organizations to explore and expand upon synergistic applications within the SMT electronics manufacturing industry.


MIRTEC and YXLON systems


are on display at Comet’s Lab One in San Jose, California. This new center of excellence offers visitors hands-on experience and demonstrations with


MIRTEC’s latest SPI and AOI ma- chines, along with YXLON’s state-of- the-art AXI technology. These sys- tems are each equipped with Smart- Loop, a yield improvement system. SmartLoop links MIRTEC’s in-


line 3D AOI with YXLON’s at-line dig- ital X-ray system, allowing data to flow seamlessly between them. “3D AOI can only measure differences in z- height on devices like BGAs and esti- mate the quality of the joints under- neath and the need for rework.


With SmartLoop, the at-line X-


ray system now becomes a verifica- tion station for the 3D height meas- urements taken by the AOI system,” says Keith Bryant, global director of electronics sales, YXLON. “X-ray in- spection time is also dramatically re- duced by targeting only suspect re- gions of interest that the system au- tomatically selects for inspection. Full data integration gives the tech- nician the tools needed for correct de- cision-making, intelligent feedback


and process improvements.” MIRTEC’s products have been


extremely successful in high-volume markets, including smartphone and mp3 player manufacturing, as well as low-volume, high-mix markets, such as medical, automotive, aero- space, and defense. Contact: MIRTEC Corp.,


3 Morse Road, Oxford, CT 06478 % 203-881-5559 fax: 203-881-3322 E-mail: bdamico@mindspring.com Web: www.mirtec.com r


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