WCA November 2009

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Frequency controlled HV AC resonant test system, being demonstrated by general manager Dr Bernd Kübler at the inauguration m m ceremony

Cable testing workshop

The global economic crisis exerted an adverse effect on Leoni in the 2 nd quarter of 2009, yet the company made substantial progress compared with the first quarter. Although the Q2/2009 consolidated sales were, at €530.3 million, 35.3% below the previous year’s like-for-like figure €820.0 million, they were around 8% above the 1 st quarter’s figure. As part of a capacity adjustment and to reduce costs, the company shed a significant number of jobs. On 30 th June 2009, Leoni employed 45,522 people group-wide, which was 7,762 fewer than on the same date in 2008. Of this total, there were 41,555 employees outside Germany, compared with 49,100 in 2008 and 3,967 in Germany, compared with 4,184 at the same date last year. Staff are currently working short-time at nearly all facilities in Germany. Mixed fortunes show in figures

continents visited the Highvolt factory in Dresden, taking the opportunity to discuss trends and innovations. Highvolt has experienced increased demand for test systems for the cable industry, and has recently extended its engineering and manufacturing capacities. In May 2009, the Prime Minister of Saxony, Mr Stanislaw Tillich, officially inaugurated the new 3,800m² manufacturing facility and a three-story office building. For the future, a growing importance will be attached to the WRV system for on-site testing of longer cables in one sequence, often used as backbones of a power supply.

Highvolt Prüftechnik Dresden GmbH manufactures high-voltage and high- current test systems for the cable industry, providing test systems for development, type and routine testing in the factory up to the point of on-site testing after the laying and assembly of the power cables. In the early 1990s Highvolt began to develop the WRV system of frequency controlled HV AC resonant test systems, particularly suitable for on- site testing of long XLPE-insulated HV and EHV cables, and in 1996, the first WRV system was delivered to the Siemens cable factory in Berlin. On the occasion of the 100 th delivered test system, Highvolt invited cus- tomers to a workshop to exchange experiences of on-site cable testing in the field. Between 24 th and 25 th September 2009, 40 participants from twelve countries on five

Highvolt Prüftechnik Dresden GmbH – Germany Fax : +49 351 8425 679 Email : sales@highvolt.de Website : www.highvolt.de

Leoni AG – Germany Fax : +49 911 2023 231 Email : info@leoni.com Website : www.leoni.com

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