EoW March 2007

corporate news Eurolls at the helm

The Eurolls Group has bought Cortinovis SpA, which now becomes Cortinovis Machinery SpA. Based in Bergamo, Italy, the company manufactures machinery for the production of cables, telephone cables and steel ropes. and expands the Eurolls Group, which already consists of Eurolls Machinery Division SpA, Team Meccanica SpA, Vitari SpA and Teurema. Since 1987 Eurolls has placed particular emphasis on the strength of its relationship with customers. “We understand that each customer has a unique requirement and our goal is to understand and work with the customers as partners, to find innovative solutions that meet their manufacturing requirements,”said Renato Railz, president of the group. There was also personal thanks and praise for customers from Ing Sergio Cortinovis. “The greatest strength of Cortinovis is technology. Today, we remain a world leader in the manufacture of rotating equipment and have introduced many innovative solutions to the wire and cable industry,” he said. “It is important to note that this transfer of ownership will strengthen the ability of Cortinovis Machinery to service our existing customers by maintaining the current technical and commercial workforce, while expanding our resources by integrating ourselves into the Eurolls Group.” Eurolls SpA – Italy Fax : +39 0432 796501 Email : info@eurolls.com Website : www.eurolls.com The acquisition complements

Power to the windfarm – courtesy of Nexans

Dong Energy’s Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm (picture courtesy of Elsam A/S ▲

French company Nexans has signed a contract with Denmark’s utility Energinet.dk to deliver and install the power export cable for Dong Energy’s Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm on the west coast of Denmark. This turnkey contract, worth around €30 million, includes the supply of 42km of AC XLPE 170 kV 3-core power cable including a fibre-optic element, transport, laying and termination. When the cable is installed, in autumn 2008, it will become the world’s longest XLPE submarine cable at this voltage. The Horns Rev 2 project will provide a total wind farm capacity of over 215MW and cover an area of some 35km 2 . The project is situated around 23km north west of Horns Rev 1, which in 2002 was the world’s largest offshore wind farm, with a capacity of 160MW,

for which Nexans also delivered and installed the power export cables. “We are particularly proud and happy that the Danish utility Energinet.dk has selected Nexans to be the turnkey contractor for the Horns Rev 2 project,” said Executive Vice President Europe Area, Yvon Raak. “Following the success of the Horns Rev 1 project in 2002, this new contract proves that a new major utility has complete confidence in Nexans’capabilities.” The 170kV XLPE cable for Horns Rev 2 will be manufactured by Nexans’ specialist submarine power cable factory in Halden, Norway. The wind farm will be commissioned in May 2009. Nexans – France Fax : +33 15669 8484 Email : info@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com

corporate at a glance. . .

W i l l i a m H u g h e s continues

Nexans has been awarded a €5.91 million contract by the Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) to supply LANmark fibre optic and copper network cabling solutions, together with its LANSense Intelligent Infrastructure Management (IIM) system, for the Phase II expansion of South Korea’s largest airport.

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Scotland, has supplied a second RVS III continuous casting machine to leading Russian jewellery manu f a c t u r e r, Adamas.

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specialist wire and can now offer the widest range of spooled and cut-to-length wire in the UK.

From its factory in Dorset, William Hughes supplies a vast range of wires to numerous industries.

These machines are used for casting gold and silver rod.

EuroWire – March 2007