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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2012 10
Astronergy has completed the
construction of a solar photovoltaic
(PV) power plant in Bulgaria, with a
total installed capacity of 50MWp.
The plant is expected to produce
1,858,548,000kWh of electricity during
the next 25 years with zero carbon
emission.
The company manufactured and
mounted all the polycrystalline PV
modules needed for the project.
Astronergy – China
Website:
Astronergy
completes 50MW
solar project
INTEGER Research’s first Wire & Cable
Asia conference now has over 25 key
industry expert speakers confirmed
who will investigate and establish
profitable growth strategy plans for the
wire and cable industry, and tackle the
technological issues faced by Chinese
cable makers.
Wire & Cable Asia 2012 will take place
on 27th-28 th November in Shanghai and
will bring together the leading cable
makers in Asia, and provide them with
an opportunity to network and discuss
the opportunities and challenges faced
by cable producers in the region.
And the organisers have teamed up
with Wire & Cable ASIA Magazine as
media partners for the conference,
which will tackle the challenges in
achieving growth including addressing
R & D requirements, copper price
volatility, technological developments
and environmental and quality control
issues.
The speaker line-up includes Luigi
Migliorini, CEO China at Prysmian
Group, one of the world’s leading
manufacturers of high-technology
cables, who will share his industry
knowledge and take part in a debate
addressing methods of growing wire
and cable market share in emerging
Asian markets.
With the fluctuation in the price of
copper it is vital that the cable industry
understand trends in price that directly
affect production cost and pricing
strategy. Michael Jansen, Head of
Metals Research at JP Morgan will
discuss methods of minimising the
impact of copper price volatility on the
wire and cable industry.
The speaker line-up also includes:
Yang Yingjian, chief engineer, the State
Grid Corporation of China; Koo
Cha-yol, CEO, LS Cable & System;
Ding Shanhua, chairman and general
manager, Jiangsu Shangshang Cable
Group; Wang Chuanbin, chief technical
director, Far East Cable Co Ltd; Zhou
Lijing, Commercial Director, Fibre
Business Unit, Yangtze Fibre Optic and
Cable Company Ltd and Jia Xiaotie,
deputy chief engineer, State Grid
Information & Telecommunication
Company Ltd.
The full conference programme and
line up of industry expert speakers can
be found at .
com/wac-asia
Integer Research – UK
Website:
Experts lining up for Wire & Cable Asia 2012