wiredinUSA October 2015

Environment minister Barbara Hendricks

Greenhouse goals

Fiber plant upgrade

Germany's environment ministry has admitted that the country is likely to fall short of its future greenhouse gas emissions targets by seven percent. Environment minister Barbara Hendricks has said that Germany is on track to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by just 33 percent in comparison to 1990 levels by the year 2020. This falls short of the country's previously stated aim of 40 percent. According to research from the German arm of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) things could be even worse than expected: Germany could actually miss its 2020 emissions targets by 10.7 percent. Germany's targets of 40 percent reduction by 2020 and 55 percent reduction by 2030 are considerably more ambitious than European targets. In comparison, Europe is aiming for a 20 percent reduction by 2020.

Prysmian Group has upgraded and renewed its optical fiber production facility in Douvrin, France. With a total plant area of 155,000m² and 348 employees, the Douvrin facility is believed to be the biggest European plant for the production of optic fiber, and one of 11 Prysmian plants in France. The plant produces 25 million kilometers of fiber preforms per year, part of which is drawn into fiber on site and the rest is exported to be drawn elsewhere. The group has recently invested approximately €15 million in the plant, partly funded by the French government and local institutions, to increase its production capacity.

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