EoW January 2008

english corporate news

at a glance . . . Celsa Nordic, part of Celsa Group, one of the most diversified European private steelmaking groups, is upgrading its Mo I Rana Norwegian plant, installing a new Tenova EAF-Consteel®. Thanks to the installation of the Consteel® continuous scrap charging technology, the new EAF will increase productivity by 30% to 900,000 tons per year, although the existing transformer will decrease consumption considerably. In spite of the increase of productivity the upgrade with the Consteel will guarantee a big reduction of the environmental impact. A new innovative fume dedusting system has been designed by Tenova for the Mo I Rana plant in order to further lower the emissions. Tenova – Italy AMI’s 2008 Conference – between 14-16 th April at the Maritim Hotel, Cologne, Germany – is the place to network with top professionals from the polyolefin industry. Technical experts from companies such as Borealis, Carmel Olefins, BASF, Cytec, Ciba, Rika, Albemarle, Rio Tinto Minerals, Timcal, Norner Innovation, DuPont, Wells Plastics, Songwon and Chemtura, will be attending the conference. This event provides a forum to debate how to select the best mix of ingredients for the requirements of key polyolefin applications from packaging to automotive. Applied Market Information Ltd – UK Fax : +44 117 311 1534 Email : info@amiplastics.com Website : www.amiconferences.com widely acknowledged as the meeting place for all the UK and Ireland’s fastener and fixing professionals, will take place at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena on Wednesday 11 th and Thursday 12 th June 2008. The gala dinner, on Wednesday 11 th June, features one of the UK’s most in-demand comedians, John Moloney. Fastener Fair Coventry – UK Email : jerry@fastfair.net Website : www.fastenerfair.com Polyolefin Additives u u u Fastener Fair, Coventry, Fax : +39 02 469 3026 Email : info@techint.it Website : www.techint.it u u u

An artist’s impression of the Horns Rev 2 windfarm

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Nexans provides subsea cables for wind farm

Nexans has recently signed a contract with DONG Energy A/S, Denmark’s largest energy supplier, to supply a total of 70km of medium-voltage (MV) subsea power cables for the Danish offshore wind farm Horns Rev 2 to be constructed over the next two years. The cables will interconnect the wind turbines with each other, as well as with the central offshore transformer station, and will be laid in water depths of between 9 and 18m. In addition to the subsea MV cables in three different diameters, Nexans will also provide power accessories and installation services. Cables and accessories will be manufactured in the Nexans plants based in Hanover (Germany) and Halden (Norway). Deliveries should start in April 2008, while the installation work should begin in June 2008. The project is scheduled for completion by summer 2009. DONG Energy awarded this extensive project to Nexans following the positive experience with the Horns Rev 1 project, for which Nexans supplied and installed all the subsea power cables. For Horns Rev 2, as in the previous project, the Nexans Group will also supply the high-voltage (HV) subsea cable to connect the wind farm with the Danish onshore power grid. Nexans Deutschland Industries GmbH & Co KG – Germany

Fax : +49 511 676 3777 Email : info@nexans.com

Website : www.nexans.com

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EuroWire – January 2008