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EuroWire – January 2012 22
News
Corporate
ewl and Swisscom have embarked on
a project to construct a comprehensive
fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network by 2014.
The special cables and wall outlets that are
required for the installation of optical fibres
in homes all come from Dätwyler.
Over the past year, ewl (which stands for
’energy water Lucerne’) has been working
jointly with Swisscom on a project to
establish a FTTH network in the coverage
area of ewl. Swisscom is responsible for
laying the cables between the districts
within the city, whilst ewl looks after the
last mile distribution of the fibre optic
cables to the individual apartments and
properties.
For this forward-looking project, ewl is
using special fibre optic cables and wall
outlets in the buildings. For the in-house
wiring ewl decided to use as thin an FTTH
cable as possible with a flame-retardant
yellow sleeve and four fixed fibres with
a maximum diameter of 0.6mm each. In
terms of its design, the FTTH wall outlet
needed to correspond to the existing
installations and was to be as flat as
possible.
In addition to a window for the label,
dust protection caps and connectors
with laser protection, pre-fabricated
pigtails, designed for shrink and crimp
splice protection as well as an integrated,
generously proportioned fibre tray were
called for. The wall outlet was to ensure
the easiest possible handling during
installation.
A decision was made in favour of Dätwyler
because the long-standing supplier to
ewl was able to provide the right FTTH
products at the required quality and price.
Another decisive factor was the company’s
extensive optical fibre know-how,
experience gained from other FTTH
projects, and the fact that the Altdorf team
had the necessary flexibility and resources
available to deliver the required quantity at
the desired point in time.
By the summer of 2011 Dätwyler had
already delivered more than 500km of
FTTH in-house cable and around 12,000
outlets. In order to ensure that everything
went smoothly, ewl put the whole of the
logistics operation in the hands of Kablan
AG, a company based in Ostermundigen,
Switzerland.
The products were installed by ewl’s
installation partners Cablex AG and
Network 41 AG, sourcing the required
material directly from Kablan. The specific
design of the Dätwyler cables and outlets
means that the installation companies can
carry out rapid installation. For example,
it is comparatively easy to lay the FTTH
in-house cable, with an external diameter
of only 2.8mm, in the riser ducts that are
in most cases already occupied by other
cables. By the end of 2014 all 42,500 users
should be connected to the FTTH network.
Dätwyler Switzerland Inc – Switzerland
Fax : +41 41 875 1986
Email:
Website :
Dätwyler (UK) Ltd – UK
Fax : +44 2380 279 998
Email:
Website :
Implementing tomorrow’s
technology today
▲ ▲ Dätwyler is supplying cables and wall outlets for the ewl/Swisscom FTTH project in Lucerne
Componenta, a metal sector company
with international operations and
production plants located in Finland,
Turkey, the Netherlands and Sweden,
started statutory negotiations, as
stipulated in the Finnish Act on
Cooperation in Undertakings, in
Componenta Finland Ltd Nisamo on 18th
October 2011.
The company is planning to terminate
operations of the business unit.
Profitability of the machine shop located
in Lempäälä, Finland has been weak for
a long period of time and its cash flow is
negative. In addition, the business unit’s
order book and future outlook are weak.
Negative development of production
volumes has mainly been caused by
changes in wind power customer
segment.
The statutory negotiations cover the
Nisamo machine shop personnel, in total
34 people. Actions based on negotiations
will be realised during the second quarter
of 2012 at the latest.
One-time costs of possible terminating
of operations are expected to be
€2.8mn. The company stated that to
achieve its strategic goals of growing
together with customers and being the
preferred casting solutions provider for
its customers, it has to have competitive,
profitable operations with a corporate
structure that supports them.
Componenta Corporation – Finland
Fax : +358 10 403 2721
Email:
Website:
Componenta starts statutory negotiations