WCA September 2012

Industry news

Experts lining up for Wire & Cable Asia 2012

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 completes 50MW solar project 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 www.integer-research. com/wac-asia Integer Research – UK Website : www.integer-research.com

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 27 th -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.

Astronergy – China Website : www.astronergy.com

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