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The Group also supports the
petrochemicals industry
by
offering solutions for both upstream exploration and produc-
tion activities, and downstream hydrocarbon processing and
storage. These solutions range from power, instrumentation
and control cables to SURF products and services, which
include umbilical cables for offshore platforms and high-tech
flexible pipes used in oil extraction.
In the
renewable energy
market, Prysmian technologies
support the development of some of the most important
solar and wind farms in the world, such as the Ohotnikovo
photovoltaic plant in Ukraine and the top wind farms in
Southern Italy.
The Group’s fire-resistant cables can be found at the very
heart of themost spectacular, state-of-the-art
constructions
,
like the Wimbledon tennis stadium, the futuristic Marina Bay
Sands in Singapore and the Shard skyscraper in London, the
tallest in Western Europe. In Milan, Prysmian Group cable
solutions will help to ensure the safety of the 20 million
visitors expected at the International Exhibition in 2015.
In the
Elevator
business, the Group's elevator cables are
present in some of the world's tallest or most prestigious
buildings, like the newWorld Trade Center in New York City. By
cabling the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world's tallest building
at 828 metres high, Prysmian has guaranteed the safety of
every one of its 162 floors with elevator cables and fire-resis-
tant cables the length of which is more than 1,300 times the
tower's height.
Even in the
transport
business Prysmian has reached many
exceptional milestones: it has cabled some of the world's
biggest aircraft and ships, like the Airbus 380 or the Royal
Caribbean's GENESIS fleet, some of the fastest trains, and
some of the most innovative metro systems, like the one
recently inaugurated in Shanghai. Three million passengers
on the London Underground travel each day through 400
km of tunnels, thanks to Prysmian and Draka fire-resistant
cables.
Lastly, with a wide range of fibre solutions for voice, video and
data, continuous investment in R&D and around 30 dedicated
factories, Prysmian Group is the world's top manufacturer of
Telecom cables, with which it contributes to developing infra-
structure in support of information flows and communication
between communities around the world.
The quality of optical fibre and level of innovation used in
its cables allow the Group to meet the most difficult and
ambitious challenges. In Australia Prysmian is helping
the local government to achieve the goal of creating a Fi-
bre-to-the-Premises network that will connect 93% of the
country's residential and commercial buildings. This project
confirms the Group's central role in the largest infrastructure
challenge ever faced in Australia's history.
mission, offering a comprehensive range of optical fibres,
optical and copper cables and connectivity systems.
Over the years Prysmian Group has achieved important
milestones through realising projects with innovative, lead-
ing-edge solutions to satisfy the highest customer expecta-
tions and create value for stakeholders and the Group itself.
The Prysmian Group has worked for utilities and grid
operators on some of the principal
submarine power inter-
connection
projects. These include the recent project for the
link between some of the Cyclades Islands and the Greek
mainland, as well as the record Western Link project in the
United Kingdom, which boasts a number of industry firsts for
voltage (600 kV) and world records for insulated cable rating
(2200 MW) and length of route (more than 400 km). The
Trans Bay, Neptune and Hudson projects in the United States
are illuminating large areas between San Francisco and New
York City with energy from different sources.
The Group is also a world leader in submarine connections
for offshore wind farms. In addition to its involvement in
major European projects of recent years, Prysmian has just
worked on the cable to link several wind farms in the West of
Adlergrund cluster in the Baltic Sea with mainland electricity
grids in Germany.
In the area of
onshore infrastructure
, the Prysmian Group
has been involved in the construction of electricity grids in
some of the world's largest metropolises, from New York to
Buenos Aires, London to St. Petersburg, and Hong Kong to
Sydney.