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The Raptor Protection of Slovakia (RPS)
is carrying out research into the effects
on birds of electrical wiring. The aim is to
protect preferred species on the Natura 200
territories. RPS is working in collaboration with
the Východoslovenská Distribučná power
distribution company.
More than 50 specially trained experts are
monitoring over 8,000kmof wiring in Slovakia.
The study is part of the project “LIFE Energy in
the Country” and monitoring will be carried
out in two parts, the first of which began in
January 2015 and ended in March.
Východ oslovenská Distribučná (VSD) and
other energy companies will provide the
resources for the ecologization as financial
investment to co-finance the project, with
VSD giving almost €210,000 within five years.
The European Commission will contribute
€1.4 million.
Partners in the project are VSD,
Západoslovenská Distribučná, the university
of veterinary medicine and pharmacy in
Košice, and the state nature conservancy of
the Slovak republic.
Bird safety survey
Consultancy group and events organiser
CRU is hosting the 9th World Wire and Cable
conference in Barcelona from 15th to 17th
June.
During 2014 the metallic cable market
started strongly but lost momentum into the
second half of the year, while the fiber optic
market strengthened in the final quarter and
was propelled by excellent performance
in Europe. CRU predicts that this market
situation will reverse during 2015, with the
fiber optic market showing less growth as
a result of slowdowns in the Chinese and
European markets.
Theconferenceprogramwill feature industry
experts from manufacturers and cable end
users, providing cable makers, suppliers and
customers with case studies and discussions
of the trends that are shaping the industry.
The detailed program breaks into parallel
streams for niche topics, and the event
also offers an opportunity for peer to peer
networking with wire and cable companies
from over 30 countries.
Wire gatherin
Candor has delivered three of its
Copperjet plants to a customer in Asia. The
plants are equipped with Candor’s latest
technology for the copper coating of
welding wires. Copperjet's modular design
makes it possible to meet a wide range
of applications according to customer
demands.
This latest project consists of two chemical
high speed copper coating plants and
one electrolytic/chemical copper coating
plant operating at wire speeds up to 30m
per second.
The coating technology is generally
applied to high quality welding wire such
as CO2, FCW, SAW and other copper
coated wires.
Copper contract
The joint venture between OFS and
Sviazstroy-1 has opened an optic fiber
cable factory in the Maslovski industrial
zone of Voronezh, Russia.
Vladislav Kalashnikov, general manager
of OFS Sviazstroy-1, said: “Today OFS
Sviazstroy-1 is one of the top Russian
optical fiber cable factories. This new
factory is expected to create additional
jobs and will increase the joint venture's
manufacturing capacity significantly.”
Michael Pavlychev, MD for OFS Russia
and CIS, added: “With the extra capacity
of the new factory, we can better
serve the growing demands of our
customers developing transcontinental
telecommunications backbones.”
The joint venture was founded in 1999.
Capacity expansion was needed in 2007
to meet the market demands, and was
followed by a second phase of expansion
from 2012 to 2014.
“The new location of the fiber optic
cable manufacturing facility is an ideal
fit for OFS Sviazstroy-1 with Voronezh city
government’s emphasis on attracting
and supporting growing, successful and
technologically enhanced businesses,”
said Kalashnikov.
Russian venture