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EuroWire – March 2008 24
english corporate news
Nexans has completed a contract for Stadtwerke Konstanz GmbH
to lay a submarine fibre optic cable across Lake Constance,
Germany, providing a new ultra-fast data communication link
between the German towns of Konstanz and Friedrichshafen.
Konstanz and Friedrichshafen are on opposite shores of Lake
Constance, the large freshwater lake on the Rhine between
Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
Stadwerke Konstanz, the local utility, wanted to upgrade the
data communications link between the two towns. However,
laying the cable on land would have involved taking a long route
around the lake with expensive excavation work. The direct
route, with the cable laid on the lake bed, has proved more cost-
effective.
The fibre-optic cable, weighing more than 30 tons and 26 kilo-
metres long, was manufactured and delivered by Nexans in one
single continuous piece thus eliminating jointing operations.
Beneath a robust outer sheath, it comprises four stainless steel
sheathed bunched conductors, each consisting of 48 mono-
mode fibre optic cables.
Each individual fibre is capable of ultra-quick transmission of
large amounts of data, digital television signals and an almost
unlimited number of telephone conversations.
A condition for Nexans receiving the order was that the materials
used in the construction of the cable must not harm the drinking
water reservoir, as many towns and communities, right up to the
northern border of Baden-Württemberg, get their water from
Lake Constance.
Nexans – France
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Nexans lays cable on bottom of
Lake Constance, Germany . . .
Workers lay the cable on the bed of Lake Constance, Germany ▲
Nexans will provide €21 million worth of power cables over the next four years,
for Manitoba Hydro, the electric power and natural gas utility for the Canadian
province.
The agreement further extends a long relationship between Manitoba Hydro
and Nexans in Canada, established in 2001, when Nexans was selected as its
sole supplier for all utility cables and wires.
Nexans currently provides Manitoba Hydro with 41 different cables, wires
and accessories used by the overhead and underground power distribution
network throughout the province, including medium voltage and low voltage
cables, and bare aluminium and ACSR (aluminium conductor steel reinforced)
wires.
In addition to its cable and wire products, Nexans also provides a team of
commercial and technical representatives to supervise installation and
participate in joint continuous improvement objectives.
The wire and cable products to be delivered over the next four years will
be manufactured locally in the Nexans Weyburn plant in southeastern
Saskatchewan.
. . . and sends €21 million
lworth of cables to Canada
New head at Roblon
Cable solutions company Roblon has
appointed Thomas Holt Jørgensen to
head up its industrial fibre division.
In his new role as division executive
manager, Mr Jørgensen will head
up activities including new R and D
projects, the launch of new products, and
participation in trade shows around the
world.
He has 10 years’ experience within the
company, and has previously been based
at Roblon Engineering Division and then
at Roblon Industrial Fibre Division where
he was sales and marketing manager
since 2004.
Roblon, which celebrated its 50th
anniversary last year, has representatives
in more than 50 countries.
Roblon A/S – Denmark
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