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MORE than 180 participants of key
cable manufacturers and
representatives of major Chinese
national testing authorities, cable
manufacturing machine suppliers and
professors from top universities in
China took part in the Borouge and
Borealis Wire and Cable Academy.
Borouge and Borealis organised the
event, together with SECRI (Shanghai
Electric Cable Research Institute) as
part of the 2011 Annual Technical
Conference of CES (China
Electrotechnical Society) W&C (Wire
and Cable) committee.
The Wire and Cable Academy was
initiated three years ago with the
objective to facilitate knowledge
sharing between key value chain
stakeholders as well as to enhance
industry standards and support future
developments of innovative wire and
cable solutions. There are now several
academies around the world with
programmes tailored to each region.
Events have already been staged in
Brazil, USA and Russia while more are
planned in South Africa, China and
the UAE.
With the innovative solutions they are
providing for the industry, Borouge
and Borealis have successfully
positioned themselves as the market
leaders and facilitators of upgrading
the standards of the industry.
Building up on their strong
connections with key stakeholders
across the value chain, the Wire and
Cable Academy event in China
provided both companies with an
opportunity to reinforce their strong
commitment to the region,
demonstrating their latest innovative
solutions for the wire and cable
industry including HVDC and HV
submarine cables.
Several important meetings were
arranged around the event where more
than ten topics were discussed by the
participants, who included represent-
atives of two Chinese national testing
entities, SECRI (Shanghai Electric
Cable Research Institute) and State
Grid Electric Power Research Institute,
as well as three top universities Xi’an
Jiaotong University, Shanghai Jiaotong
University and Harbin University of
Science and Technology which have
strong connections with the National
Grid in China.
During the event leading wire and
cable industry experts and
manufacturers highlighted today’s
challenges related to submarine
cables and HVDC technology and
their applications, sharing their
extensive knowledge and providing
the audience with fundamental
know-how.
The presentations delivered covered
subjects such as offshore power
transmission from a cable maker’s
perspective, performance and
reliability of the current power
infrastructure, challenges of
undergrounding high voltage and
extra high voltage cables, as well as
HVDC cable technology, specification
and experience in installation and
testing in China.
Together, Borouge and Borealis have
pioneered advances in insulation
systems and jacketing solutions for
both energy and communications
cables through various global brands,
which include Supercure™, Visico/
Ambicat™, Borcell™, Borstar® and
Casico™.
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▲ Participants who attended the academy in China