“The demand for optical fibre and cables for TLC broadband networks increases worldwide. We reply with capacity, innovation and quality,” stated SVP P. Vanhille Inauguration of Europe’s largest optical cable plant in Slatina, Romania Milan, 13 June 2017 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has inaugurated today its new optical cable plant in Slatina, Romania, the largest of its kind in Europe. The new Slatina plant is part of a 3-year, €250 million investment plan aimed at improving the Group’s production capacity and…
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Prysmian Group Presents at Offshore Wind Energy 2017
Group strengthens its offering with enhanced strategies and investments to support the Offshore Wind sector Turnkey cable solutions, Project engineering, State-of-the-art cable technologies and monitoring & maintenance services all on display Milan, 05 June 2017 – Prysmian Group, world leader in energy and telecom cable systems will present its products and services portfolio underpinning its new enhanced strategy expanding its presence and offering in the offshore wind sector on the occasion of the Offshore Wind Energy 2017, the largest industry conference and exhibition, to be held from 6th to 8th…
Read MorePrysmian Group and Nanocomp Technologies sign technology cooperation agreement
Aim is to fit nanotechnologies to cable systems for power grids, telecom networks and industrial applications Milan, 30 May 2017 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, and Nanocomp Technologies Inc., a world-leading U.S. company specialised in the production of carbon nanotube-based products and materials, have signed a technology cooperation agreement aimed at testing and improving the use of these technologies in power transmission, power distribution, telecom networks, control and instrumentation applications. The firms have also agreed to evaluate, at a later stage of…
Read MorePrysmian Group and the Italian Permanent Representation to the EU bring national ambassadors and industry together to promote an ambitious European approach towards connectivity
Milan, 11 May, 2017 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, and the Italian Permanent Representation to the EU today co-hosted a meeting with Ambassadors, Commission officials, the European Investment Bank and telecoms industry representatives, to discuss the EU’s ambitions for its telecoms networks at a crucial moment in the legislative process. With the Parliament poised to finalise its negotiating position on the telecoms reform, and the Council not far behind, the Italian Deputy Permanent Representative, Giovanni Pugliese, was joined by his counterparts from…
Read MorePrysmian to add offshore cable capabilities to UK factory in Wrexham
Move comes to support increased demand for UK and European offshore wind farms Southampton, 20 April 2017 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces the capability of its UK production facility in Wrexham to manufacture both 33 kV and 66 kV submarine cable cores used for the inter-array cable connections in offshore wind farms. The new product line will enable the linking and collecting of power produced by offshore wind turbines before onward transmission to the onshore grid. Prysmian is the largest manufacturer…
Read MorePrysmian: contract to supply optical fibre to Tratos Cavi SPA, a manufacturer of telecom, energy and special cables
Milan, 18 April, 2017 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, and Tratos, Italy’s number one manufacturer of fibre optic and copper telecom cables and energy and special cables, have signed a contract for the annual supply of Prysmian’s standard and special optical fibre to Tratos. The fibre will be manufactured at Prysmian’s FOS — Fibre Ottiche Sud plant in Battipaglia, which every year produces 9 of the approximately 35 million kilometres of fibre manufactured by the Group overall. Tratos will use the fibre…
Read MorePrysmian Group publishes its 2016 Sustainability Report
€1,710 million of economic value generated (+8%) Emissions of ozone-depleting substances decreased by 6% Human Rights Policy and whistleblowing programme launched Strategy redefined according to the UN sustainable development goals Scorecard setting 16 sustainability targets for 2020 prepared Milan, 11 April 2017 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has published its Sustainability Report for 2016. Among the main results achieved, mention should be made of the increase in economic value generated and distributed, which amounted to €1,710 million, up by 8% from €1,580…
Read MorePrysmian Group announces creation of a new regional Centre of Excellence in Brazil with investments of €45 million
Once fully operational, it will be a competitive hub to serve the local wire and cable market, and will increase product exports in the region Milan and São Paulo, 10 April 2017 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces the creation of its new global Centre of Excellence for Latin America. The project, launched worldwide this month and involving a total investment of €45 million, is the confirmation of the longstanding trust of the company in the region. After almost 100 years of…
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