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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2009 9
Dow Wire & Cable has announced a
multi-disciplinary project in the UK,
focused on the development of
sustainable power cable material
technologies. Through this project,
Dow Wire & Cable aims to identify the
next generation of plastic cable
materials for the power generation
industry, capable of delivering
improved whole-life performance with
a reduced environmental impact.
The sustainable power cable materials
project is sponsored by the
Technology Strategy Board, an
executive non-departmental public
body established by the British
government in 2007 to stimulate
technology-enabled innovation.
It will bring Dow’s power cable
material experts together with a multi-
disciplinary team drawn from three
other project partners: National Grid
plc, the owner and operator of the
high-voltage electricity transmission
network across England and Wales;
the University of Southampton; and
GnoSys UK, a science and technology
company established from the
Polymer Research Centre at the
University of Surrey.
The project is initiated at a time when
there is a move in the UK and across
Europe to place more of the electric
power network underground, parti-
cularly in areas of outstanding beauty
and in major cities. It will seek to
provide an answer to the question of
whether such cables can ever be
considered to be environmentally
friendly, with a low carbon footprint.
In addition, with the growing emphasis
on ensuring the long-term security and
reliability of power supply, and the
need to improve the amount of power
that can be transported around the
country, the project will consider
whether it is compatible to meet such
needs while using a cable that may be
recycled at the end of its life.
Dow Wire & Cable – Switzerland
Website:
Sustainable cable partnership
Exhibitors and visitors to the
Metallurgy-Litmash, Tube Russia,
Aluminium Non-Ferrous and wire
Russia exhibitions expressed opti-
mism for the future, despite the
slump in global markets.
The concurrent trade fairs provide a
platform for the metallurgy, wire and
cable industries of the emerging
Russian market and its neighbouring
states. The event attracted over
9,200 visitors, while wire Russia’s
214 exhibitors represented 29
countries.
A spokesman for the International
Wire and Machinery Association
(IWMA) confirmed the success of
wire Russia for its members, adding:
“We were pleasantly surprised at the
level of enquiries from interested
organisations.”
wire Russia is next scheduled for
spring 2011.
Messe Düsseldorf – Germany
Website:
wire Russia exceeds
expectations