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Wire & Cable ASIA – May/June 2008 12
Following the success of the inaugural conference last year, CRU’s 2nd
World Wire and Cable Conference will this year be held in Barcelona,
Spain, from 1 st-3rd June. The conference is being co-hosted by Superior
Essex and El Sewedy Cables and will address and discuss the essential
topics affecting the global wire and cable industry.
Day one of the conference will cover: Routes to Market, contribution of
Suppliers to the Cablemakers, and copper and fibre issues. Day two of
the conference once again will consist of parallel tracks. Delegates have
the option to attend different sessions from each track, giving a broader
industry perspective.
This conference also introduces a new track covering structured
cabling. With an expected international delegation of more than 300
senior level representatives, this conference presents all attendees with
a unique opportunity to meet other industry decision makers from
around the world who are involved in the wire and cable industry.
CRU Events – UK
Fax: +44 20 7837 0976
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Conference heads for Spain
Nexans and INEO Energie Export
(part of Suez Group) have just com-
pleted a major project to install
Nexans AERO-Z® high voltage over-
head conductors in record time.
This project is part of a contract to
upgrade the capacity of the 264km
power line between Birnin-Kebbi
(Nigeria) and Niamey (Niger). The €7m
contract was awarded by Société
Nigérienne d’Electricité (NIGELEC).
At NIGELEC’s request, the INEO-
Nexans consortium completed the
project in just 29 days.
“The deadline imposed by NIGELEC
was a real challenge for Nexans
because the cable had to be installed
in winter – a low demand period – so
as to minimise service interruptions.
“The experience and flexibility of all
INEO installation staff allowed us to
meet this challenge,” said Thierry
Capelle, Nexans overhead lines
business group managing director.
Installing the AERO-Z ® cable on the
power link between Birnin-Kebbi in
Nigeria and Niamey, the capital of
Niger, has two important benefits.
It will increase the power transmission
capacity by at least 75% – to 70 MW
in the worst summertime conditions
and up to 80 MW in winter. It will
also reduce the need for costly
local generation alternatives such
as gas, diesel or kerosene powered
generators.
The new higher performance high
voltage link, that significantly reduces
energy losses, will enable NIGELEC to
import more power from Nigeria, its
main supplier, and thus benefit from
a dramatic decrease in cogeneration
costs. The contract awarded by
NIGELEC involved a total length of
820 km of AERO-Z® conductors. The
Nexans Dour plant in Belgium
manufactured most of the cable
(740 km).
The Nexans plants in Bourg-en-Bresse
(France) and Mohammedia (Morocco)
also each produced 40 km of cables.
Nexans – France
Fax: +33 1 56 698484
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Boosting power in Africa
New vice president at
Polyolefins group
Borealis has appointed Lorenzo Delorenzi as
executive vice president for its Polyolefins
business group and member of the executive
board.
Delorenzi vacates the position of vice
president for the business unit pipe, where
he led a successful turnaround of the
business. Prior to joining Borealis, he held
senior commercial and management posi-
tions within Tetrapak, one of the world’s
leading packaging organisations. Delorenzi
has a degree in Applied Business Economics
from the University of Louvain in Belgium.
Borealis AG – Belgium
Fax: +43 122 400 333
Email:
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