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18 Wire & Cable ASIA – January/February 2015
Industrynews
CCJV, the joint venture
between Chiyoda and CTCI
Corporation, has placed a
major order for Nexans power
and instrumentation fibre optic
cables for the Laffan Refinery
project.
Nexans will supply over
1,000km of cable, including
low and medium voltage
single and multi-core
armoured IEC standard
flame-retardant cables. In
2013, Nexans provided
1,000km of medium and low
voltage cables for the Barzan
gas processing project.
Charles-Edouard Mellagui,
country manager and CEO of
Qatar International Cables
Company (QICC), the Nexans
company based in Qatar, said:
“Winning this major contract
for such a high profile and
strategic project is an
important step for the
contribution of the Nexans
group to Qatar 2030 vision
and its underlying will to
accelerate its industrial
development.”
For the Laffan Refinery 2
project, Nexans QICC will
design and manufacture
around 1,000km of low and
medium voltage, power and
earthing cables, while Nexans
France will provide the
instrumentation and fibre optic
cables. Construction began in
December 2013, and is
expected to be completed in
the third quarter of 2016.
Nexans – France
Website:
❍ The Laffan Refinery in Qatar. Photograph courtesy of
Refinery contract in Qatar
Ellis has a second major order for its Emperor
cable cleats and ProTect cable straps for the
Areva European pressurised reactor (EPR)
nuclear power plant currently being
constructed in the Guangdong province of
China.
The order was placed at the commencement of
the second phase of the Taishan nuclear power
project, which is a joint venture between EDF
and China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group.
Tony Conroy, Ellis’s] export sales director, said:
“Even after the success of the phase one
specification, receiving a repeat order for phase
two was far from simple.
“A huge emphasis has been placed on the
various contractors to source local products,
and so it felt like a huge victory to overturn this
directive and once again see British products
being specified for installation in a major
Chinese development.”
Designed for use where the highest levels of
short circuit withstand are required, Ellis’s
Emperor cable cleats are available for both
trefoil and single cable applications, and
manufactured in type 316L stainless steel for
ultimate corrosion protection, even in the
harshest of environments.
The Taishan reactor is the third nuclear power
station to be built using Areva’s 1,750MW EPR
and it is the second time Areva has used Ellis
products to secure electrical cables at a
nuclear plant. The very first specification from
Areva was for its OL3 reactor in Finland in
2009, and was followed in 2013 by the first
phase order for the Taishan project.
Ellis Ltd – UK
Website:
Cleats win phase two contract
Independent tests on Chinese rebar have
found some batches are not compliant with
the industry standard, BS 4449, and this has
led to the British Association of
Reinforcement warning its members to
“always check rebar material for British
Standard compliance.”
British Association of Reinforcement
– UK
Website:
Chinese rebar warning
Prysmian
finding
the future
managers
Prysmian Group
is launching the
fourth edition of
its international
programme to
recruit 40 new
graduates in
engineering and
economics.
Candidate
identification
involves a
structured
selection and
assessment
process both at
local and group
level.
Successful
candidates
receive a
permanent
employment
contract,
competitive
salary, and an
initial period of
induction and
training at the
Milan
headquarters
followed by a
12-month job
rotation in their
country of origin.
This is followed
by at least 24
months of
experience
abroad within a
specific function.
After three years
within the
programme, the
aim is to assign
junior
management
roles in the home
country or
abroad.