wiredinUSA March 2015

wiredInUSA - March 2015

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Prysmian Group has two major new orders

for power transmission system expansion

projects in Kuwait. The contracts refer to

“MEW 06 Jaber Al Ahmed City”, awarded

directlybyMEW(Kuwaitministryforelectricity

and water) and “Jamal Abdel Nasser

Street”, awarded by ROBT, a joint venture of

Rizzani de Eccher-OHL under a larger scope

contract with the Kuwait ministry of works.

MEW 06 Jaber Al Ahmed City is part of the

Kuwait power transmission systemexpansion

plan aimed at strengthening the main

transmissionnetworks andat securingpower

supplies to the industrial and residential

sectors in the country. Jamal Abdel Nasser

Street is part of a substantial upgrade of a

main traffic artery in the middle of Kuwait

City and involves the diversion of a high

voltage underground line.

Thecontracts comprisedesign, engineering,

procurement, construction, installation and

commissioning services of HV underground

cable systems for a total of 210km of 132kV

cable and related network components

for both projects that will be implemented

by the group’s offices in Kuwait. Installation

will start in 2015 with a planned completion

date during 2016.

Prysmian’s Kuwait

upgrade

Leoni is strengthening its position in the

markets of the Americas and Asia with new

plants in Mexico and China.

The new plant in Celaya, Mexico, will begin

production of single-core automotive cables

in June. With this additional expansion and

the existing facility in Cuauhtémoc, Leoni’s

Mexican workforcewill increase to 800. Leoni

is planning to spend around $7 million on

plant and equipment in Mexico by the end

of the year.

The company’s second new plant for

standard automotive cables is in Panjin,

north-east China. The plant will have several

extruder lines, multi-wire drawing lines,

and stranding and twisting machines, and

will manufacture single-core cables for

automotive applications with cross sections

ranging from 0.13mm² to 6mm².

“These locations in China and Mexico boast

developed industry, a solid infrastructure,

skilled labor as well as excellent transport

links – this constitutes a stable foundation for

establishing and broadening Leoni's market

position,” said Dr Frank Hiller, management

board member in charge of the wire

and cable solutions division. Production is

scheduled tocommenceat the endof 2015.

Expanding cables

Swiss wire processing solutions manufacturer

Komax has acquired a 20 percent stake

in Laselec SA, a developer of UV laser

technology for wire and cable marking.

The financial contribution will allow Laselec

to continue research and development

while launching the industrialization and

commercialization of new products for

the wire processing industry. A strategic

partnership between Laselec and Komax

will further synergies on a technical level

and joint customer projects as well as sales

and services.

Laselec has a strong position in the

aerospace industry with its laser wire

marking, Eastwiring digital harness layout

board, and laser stripping technology.

The ULYS Modena, MRO 200 and Sylade

machines are used worldwide by aircraft

manufacturers, sub-contractors and MRO

centers. The company has diversified its

activities across other market segments

including the railway industry, nuclear

industry and luxury automotive industry.

Marked investment

The Norwegian and German power grids

are to share green energy using Nexans

submarine HVDC cables, installed as

part of the NordLink project. In Nexans’

largest contract of its type, the company

will design, manufacture and install

over 700km of 525kV cable subsystems.

Production of the cables will begin at

Nexans’ Halden plant in Norway in 2016,

and the project is due for completion in

2019.

The 1,400MW NordLink VSC (voltage

source converter) HVDC project is a

collaboration between Statnett, TenneT

and the German promotional bank KfW.

Surplus wind and solar power produced in

Germany will be exported to Norway, and

hydroelectric power from Norway can be

exported to Germany.

Mass impregnated non-draining (MIND)

HVDC cables will be laid at depths to

450m by Nexans’ own cable-laying vessel,

C/S

Nexans Skagerrak

and protected on

the seabed by trenching with Nexans’

Capjet system.

HVDC link