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english corporate news
CRU conference heads
for Barcelona
After the success of the first World Wire and Cable
Conference in June this year, CRU Events’ 2nd World
Wire and Cable Conference will once again bring
together senior-level decision makers in the wire
and cable community from around the world .
The conference – being held in Barcelona, Spain
from 1st-3rd June – provides a unique opportunity
to meet with senior representatives from cable
manufacturers, cable users, materials and
equipment suppliers and financial institutions.
The conference will feature a comprehensive
programme of presentations, with the theme of
satisfying customers throughout the supply chain.
Day one of the conference will cover: Routes
to market; contribution of suppliers to the
cablemakers; copper and fibre issues. Day two
consists again of parallel tracks. Delegates have the
option to attend different sessions from each track,
giving a broader industry perspective.
Eurowire and Wire and Cable ASIA are the official
media partners for the event.
CRU Events – UK
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€1 million deal for Nexans
Nexans has signed a two-year frame agreement with AB Stokab, the owner
of Stockholm’s ‘Citynet’ broadband infrastructure, to deliver fibre optical
equipment worth approximately €1 million for the city’s FTTH (fibre-to-the-
home) programme.
In order to house and support the vast number of optical fibres that have
to be installed and managed in often confined spaces, Stokab has selected
Nexans’ N3S High Density fibre system.
The Nexans N3S System (3S = SSS = Space Saving Solution) allows
installation and handling of a large number of optical cross-connections in
a very small space (footprint), which is necessary to enable every apartment
in a dense city environment to be provided with its unique pair of fibres.
This agreement is an important breakthrough for Nexans’ approach to the
construction of the physical infrastructure for FTTH projects. Stokab, the
sole Citynet owner in Stockholm, will use the Nexans equipment for the
planned expansion of the city’s WAN (wide area network) into network
access structures that will connect directly to fibre LANs (local area
networks) in residential buildings.
Nexans has been a regular, major supplier to Stokab for more than 10 years.
In addition to this frame agreement, Nexans will also deliver approximately
1,500km of fibre optic cables as part of its previous projects with Stokab.
These optical cables, manufactured at Nexans plant in Grimsås, use ribbon
fibre technology which is also an efficient and space saving solution.
Nexans – France Fax: +33 15669 8484
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