EoW January 2012

I WOULD obviously like to welcome you all to 2012 with a brighter and colourful EuroWire, and to wish you all a happy and prosperous new year. Two stories which stick out from this issue of EuroWire are where companies have been faced with very di ering challenges. Firstly there is the case of Modular Wiring Systems undertaking work at the Grade I Listed King’s Cross Station in London, UK, (see page 9). Not only did the company have to work to English Heritage’s strict guidelines, the work had to be undertaken at one of the world’s busiest stations while it remained open. Add to this a shortage of storage space for materials on-site meaning that materials had to be delivered and used almost immediately. Everything would have to have been planned with military precision andModularWiring Systems can be justi ably proud of the achievements. A littlemoremodern and easier for thework out for the company, but Nexans has again been exing its sponsorship muscle with the Louvre-Lens project in France. (See page 20). Nexans are providing the cables and work for the project which basically sees the Louvre transported using multimedia and displayed in Lens. This innovative project, scheduled for completion by the end of the year, will see the French company supply low and medium voltage power cables and data transmission cables for the building and surrounding land in a bid to preserve works of art. A new year, new outlook and new challenges, all of which I’m sure the wire and cable industry is well prepared for. A new year of new challenges ahead

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