BLOG THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIP The fiber optic landscape is just a small world. Martin van Aperloo has been experiencing this for years. Again and again he meets old acquaintances. Just like with Fiber Optic Center’s Erwin Gelderblom. An interview with another glass fiber specialist.  “I was taken to MCAP by my then sales manager 27 years ago,” Erwin says. “I was introduced to Martin van Aperloo, who knew my …

BLOG BIG OR SMALL? WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT! For more than 30 years MCAP has been a family business developing and assembling cabling. Their assembly workers produce copper cables and fiber optic cables every day for various applications, but sometimes the contrast can hardly be greater. That’s when work is carried out simultaneously on heavy duty industrial copper cables, but also on extremely small fiber optic cables. …

BLOG MCAP DEVELOPS THE WORLD’S FIRST INDUSTRIAL CONNECTOR WITH EXPANDED BEAM OPTICAL FIBER How nice it would be if an industrial hybrid connector with power, signal and optical fiber would be suitable for connecting and disconnecting on a daily basis. That’s what one of MCAP’s customers thought at the beginning of 2019. A year later it’s there, developed by MCAP in collaboration with ODU and Fibreco. “As …

BLOG FIBER-OPTIC CONNECTION HELPS CYCLOMEDIA TO VISUALIZE STREETS At MCAP we regularly have to deal with projects where our innovative strength and patience are necessary. With Cyclomedia we have been working for several years on the development and refinement of a special fiber optic connection that helps to accurately visualize streets. The story behind a special project. “With Mobile Mapping we collect large-scale and systematic geographical data,” says Cula Barreto. …

BLOG GOOD CABLING STILL PARTIALLY HUMAN LABOR Most people know that MCAP cable & glass fiber assemblies produces cable assemblies. But what skills and steps are necessary for making high-quality and reliable fiber optic and copper cables? We ask Bianca, one of the many experienced assembly employees within the company. With 26 years of employment, Bianca can be described as a loyal and experienced employee. She can fully confirm that assembling …

BLOG REVOLUTIONARY NEUTRIK CONNECTOR FOR BROADCAST & AV As an official Neutrik partner, we are very enthusiastic about the new opticalCON DRAGONFLY connector. This revolutionary hybrid fiber optic and copper connection has specifically been developed for the Broadcast and AV market and offers many benefits. The Neutrik opticalCON DRAGONFLY connector is more robust, reliable and easier to maintain than common hybrid camera signal transmission systems. The lenses on the fiber optic …

BLOG Challenge at heavy transport quickly resolved through perfect cooperation “Functionally, I already knew exactly what it was supposed to be, but then? No idea. That’s why I went looking for help. I found that help with MCAP. No doubt about it!” These are the words of Hermen Kamp, Project Coordinator Equipment Management Department at logistic service provider Mammoet in Schiedam, the Netherlands. Looking for a solution For Mammoet’…

BLOG Challenge at heavy transport quickly resolved through perfect cooperation “Functionally, I already knew exactly what it was supposed to be, but then? No idea. That’s why I went looking for help. I found that help with MCAP. No doubt about it!” These are the words of Hermen Kamp, Project Coordinator Equipment Management Department at logistic service provider Mammoet in Schiedam, the Netherlands. FIRST IMPRESSION Hermen used Google, filled …

BLOG Challenge at heavy transport quickly resolved through perfect cooperation “Functionally, I already knew exactly what it was supposed to be, but then? No idea. That’s why I went looking for help. I found that help with MCAP. No doubt about it!” These are the words of Hermen Kamp, Project Coordinator Equipment Management Department at logistic service provider Mammoet in Schiedam, the Netherlands. Looking for a solution For Mammoet’…

BLOG Challenge at heavy transport quickly resolved through perfect cooperation “Functionally, I already knew exactly what it was supposed to be, but then? No idea. That’s why I went looking for help. I found that help with MCAP. No doubt about it!” These are the words of Hermen Kamp, Project Coordinator Equipment Management Department at logistic service provider Mammoet in Schiedam, the Netherlands. Looking for a solution For Mammoet’…

BLOG Challenge at heavy transport quickly resolved through perfect cooperation “Functionally, I already knew exactly what it was supposed to be, but then? No idea. That’s why I went looking for help. I found that help with MCAP. No doubt about it!” These are the words of Hermen Kamp, Project Coordinator Equipment Management Department at logistic service provider Mammoet in Schiedam, the Netherlands. Looking for a solution For Mammoet’…

BLOG Challenge at heavy transport quickly resolved through perfect cooperation “Functionally, I already knew exactly what it was supposed to be, but then? No idea. That’s why I went looking for help. I found that help with MCAP. No doubt about it!” These are the words of Hermen Kamp, Project Coordinator Equipment Management Department at logistic service provider Mammoet in Schiedam, the Netherlands. FIRST IMPRESSION Hermen used Google, filled …

BLOG Challenge at heavy transport quickly resolved through perfect cooperation “Functionally, I already knew exactly what it was supposed to be, but then? No idea. That’s why I went looking for help. I found that help with MCAP. No doubt about it!” These are the words of Hermen Kamp, Project Coordinator Equipment Management Department at logistic service provider Mammoet in Schiedam, the Netherlands. FIRST IMPRESSION Hermen used Google, filled …

BLOG HYBRID CABLE SAVES CABLES AND CONNECTORS Within the world of constructing machines and equipment it’s very well possible to save on the amount of cables and connectors. With the right design, power, coaxial cables, ethernet cables, optical fibers, air or fluid lines can be combined into one hybrid cable. MCAP cable & glassfiber assemblies can help you with this. Shapes and sizes Expanded Beam connectors are available in different …

BLOG NEUTRIK CABLES REPAIRED WITHIN 24 HOURS The broadcast has been scheduled and the crew gets ready. During the collection of the materials you find out that a cable has been broken or damaged. What are you going to do now? MCAP cable & glassfiber assemblies is an authorized cable assembly company and in most cases ensures a damaged cable will be professionally repaired within 24 hours. FIRST IMPRESSION Hermen used Google, filled …