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EuroWire – March 2007
corporate at a glance. . .
French company Nexans has signed
a contract with Denmark’s utility
Energinet.dk to deliver and install the
power export cable for Dong Energy’s
Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm on the
west coast of Denmark.
This turnkey contract, worth around
€30 million, includes the supply of
42km of AC XLPE 170 kV 3-core power
cable including a fibre-optic element,
transport, laying and termination.
When the cable is installed, in autumn
2008, it will become the world’s longest
XLPE submarine cable at this voltage.
The Horns Rev 2 project will provide a
total wind farm capacity of over 215MW
and cover an area of some 35km2.
The project is situated around 23km
north west of Horns Rev 1, which in
2002 was the world’s largest offshore
wind farm, with a capacity of 160MW,
for which Nexans also delivered and
installed the power export cables.
“We are particularly proud and happy
that the Danish utility Energinet.dk
has selected Nexans to be the turnkey
contractor for the Horns Rev 2 project,”
said Executive Vice President Europe
Area, Yvon Raak.
“Following the success of the Horns Rev 1
project in 2002, this new contract proves
that a new major utility has complete
confidence in Nexans’capabilities.”
The 170kV XLPE cable for Horns Rev
2 will be manufactured by Nexans’
specialist submarine power cable
factory in Halden, Norway. The wind
farm will be commissioned in May 2009.
Nexans – France
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Power to the windfarm – courtesy of Nexans
Dong Energy’s Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm (picture courtesy of Elsam A/S ▲
W i l l i a m
H u g h e s
continues
to expand
its stocks of
specialist wire
and can now
offer the widest
range of spooled
and cut-to-length wire in the UK.
From its factory in Dorset, William
Hughes supplies a vast range of wires
to numerous industries.
Rautomead
Ltd, of
D u n d e e ,
Scotland, has
supplied a second
RVS III continuous
casting machine
to leading
Russian jewellery
manu f a c t u r e r,
Adamas.
These machines are used for casting
gold and silver rod.
Nexans has been awarded a
€5.91 million contract by the
Incheon International Airport
Corporation (IIAC) to supply LANmark
fibre optic and copper network cabling
solutions, together with its LANSense
Intelligent Infrastructure Management
(IIM) system, for the Phase II expansion
of South Korea’s largest airport.
corporate news
Eurolls at the helm
The Eurolls Group has bought Cortinovis
SpA, which now becomes Cortinovis
Machinery SpA. Based in Bergamo, Italy,
the company manufactures machinery
for the production of cables, telephone
cables and steel ropes.
The acquisition complements and
expands the Eurolls Group, which already
consists of Eurolls Machinery Division
SpA, Team Meccanica SpA, Vitari SpA and
Teurema. Since 1987 Eurolls has placed
particular emphasis on the strength of
its relationship with customers.
“We understand that each customer
has a unique requirement and our goal
is to understand and work with the
customers as partners, to find innovative
solutions that meet their manufacturing
requirements,”said Renato Railz, president
of the group.
There was also personal thanks and praise
for customers from Ing Sergio Cortinovis.
“The greatest strength of Cortinovis is
technology. Today, we remain a world
leader in the manufacture of rotating
equipment and have introduced many
innovative solutions to the wire and cable
industry,” he said.
“It is important to note that this transfer
of ownership will strengthen the ability
of Cortinovis Machinery to service our
existing customers by maintaining
the current technical and commercial
workforce, while expanding our resources
by integrating ourselves into the
Eurolls Group.”
Eurolls SpA – Italy
Fax: +39 0432 796501
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