wiredinUSA August 2011

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nkt’s €80 million submarine project

Prysmian has unveiled its new organizational structure to include integration with Draka, following the closing of the acquisition in March. The new organizational structure came into effect in July and the Group has established a new strategy that aims at promoting both the Prysmian and the Draka commercial brands under the new Prysmian Group corporate umbrella. The new Group’s matrix structure organization revolves around two business units: energy cables and systems and telecom cables and systems. Most of the product lines will be managed by both geography and business, from building wires and underground power transmission to distribution, from fiber optic to copper telecom cables and special cables for industrial applications for renewable energy and the oil and gas industry. The more globalized product lines (submarine cables, optical fiber and telecom components, cables for the automotive, transport and aerospace industries) will be managed cross-nationally. Phase One integration completed

Order for rod mill in the pipeline

Aurubis acquisition faces delay

nkt cables has signed a contract worth around around €80million for the supply of high voltage cables, and delivery and installation of accessories for the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, located in the Irish Sea. The wind farm will be constructed in a partnership between DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables. nkt’s contract involves the manufacture and delivery of 82km of 155kV export cables integrated with 48-core optical fibers and 22km of 155 kV land cables, together with delivery and installation of 155kV accessories for both the onshore and offshore part of the wind farm. The cables will be produced in Cologne, Germany, during 2012 and 2013, and installation is planned for 2013. West of Duddon Sands will consist of 108 3.6MW turbines and have a total capacity of 389MW. From 2014 the wind farm is expected to deliver electricity equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of approximately 300,000 households - putting it among the largest in the world.

Byelorussian Steel Works (BMZ) of Belarus has advised Steel Business Briefing that it is in final talks with plantmaker Danieli to supply a 700,000 tonnes per year wire rod and rebar rolling mill. If the contract is signed next month

Aurubis AG’s acquisition of the rolled products division of global group Luvata will be delayed until 1st September because collection of data to obtain European Union regulatory approval had taken longer than expected, an Aurubis spokeswoman has revealed. Approval has already been received in the US. Aurubis, one of Europe’s largest copper producers, had expected the takeover to close on 1st August. Other divisions of Luvata produce a wide range of alloy welding products, copper alloy wires for electronic and fastener applications and niobium-titanium based superconductors.

(August) the new mill could be on-stream by mid-2013. When fully operational,

the anticipated mill will increase BMZ’s nameplate capacity for bar and rod products to 1.1mt per year. Crucially, it will also enable the plant to maximize its profit through processing its entire billet output, instead of selling its surplus of less profitable semi-finished product. BMZ currently sells 30,000–35,000t of billet monthly, including to Latvia’s Liepajas.

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