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EuroWire – January 2012 12
News
Corporate
Borealis was recently awarded the Frost &
Sullivan 2011 Europe Product Leadership
award in the high voltage direct current
(HVDC) cable insulation market during an
awards banquet in London.
The award is a recognition of Borealis’
accomplishments in the HVDC cable
insulation market, where Borealis has
played a pioneering role by introducing
crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE)
based insulation compound Borealis
Superclean™ LE4253DC.
As a result of its high electrical breakdown
properties, Superclean™ LE4253DC brings
performance reliability improvements
to HVDC cables. The compound offers
a balance between space charge
accumulation, conductivity and DC
breakdown strength and allows cost
effective manufacturing in conventional
CV lines.
HVDC cables made with LE4253DC/
LE0550DC from Borealis are qualified and
meet Cigré recommendations.
Marc Hubert, vice president for Borealis
Wire & Cable said: “Borealis is the only
company with a track record of 45
years of experience in developing and
manufacturing XLPE and supplying
compounds for HVDC XLPE cables for
more than ten years. The Frost & Sullivan
Product Leadership award confirms that
Borealis maintains its continued focus on
innovation to meet market demands.”
According to the Frost & Sullivan report,
the market has slowly witnessed a shift
from traditional mass impregnated paper
(MIP) insulation to much more advanced
extruded polymeric insulation systems
based on XLPE.
The main challenge for the market
participants has been in adapting the
products to be used on conventional
cable production lines for HVDC
applications.
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Borealis receives product
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