EoW March 2011

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AICON generates its power from the sun

an active contribution to the expansion of renewable energies.” AICON’s environmental commitment goes beyond the generation of power though. Step by step, AICON examines all company divisions and checks whether operations can be done in amore sustainableway. As an example, AICON has planned to reduce the CO 2 emissions of the company cars significantly. “Ourgoalisanaveragefleetfuelconsumption below5 litres,”addedDr Schneider. “Therefore, we only acquire very fuel-efficient company vehicles.” AICON3DSystems GmbH–Germany

AICON 3D Systems – one of the leading providers of optical camera-based 3D measurement systems – has just set up its own photovoltaic system. The system covers a roof area of 850m² and is installed on the roofs of AICON’s two headquarter buildings in Biberweg, Germany . It comprises 344 solar modules that convert solar energy into electricity. “We intend to generate 32,690KWh per year with our photovoltaic system”, explains Dr Ing Carl-Thomas Schneider, president of AICON 3D Systems. “This would cover about 50% of our own power demands. “Actually, also in the past years, we have used green electricity for our company buildings. However, now by setting up our own photovoltaic system, we are able to make

NAI’s Suzhou, China facility has received Nadcap accreditation for electronics cable and harness assemblies. NAI received Nadcap accreditation for demonstrating its ongoing commitment to quality by satisfying customer requirements and industry specifications. Joe Kame, NAI’s global qualitydirector,said:“Thisaccreditation exemplifies our commitment to quality and the manufacturing requirements of our customers.“ NAI Group – USA Fax : +1 480 556 9477 Email : info@nai-group.com Website : www.nai-group.com Nadcap for China site

Fax : +49 531 58 000 60 Email : info@aicon.de Website : www.aicon.de

€87m subsea HVDC power cable between Denmark and Norway

Nexans’ cable laying ship ▲ ▲

The new 700 MW SK 4 cable will improve security of supply in Denmark and Norway as well as contributing to an increased exchange of environmentally- friendly power with other countries via the common Nordic electric power market. Nexans – France Email : info@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com

Nexans has been awarded an €87m contract by Energinet and Statnett, the state-owned Transmission Systems Operators (TSOs) in Denmark and Norway, to deliver the subsea power cable for Skagerrak 4 (SK 4), the fourth HVDC power interconnector between the two countries. SK 4 is scheduled for completion by the end of 2014.

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EuroWire – March 2011