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Prysmian Group is the world leader in the energy and telecom
cables and systems industry. With over 130 years of experience,
sales of over Euro 7 billion in 2013, approximately 19,000
employees in 50 countries and 91 production sites, the Group
is strongly positioned at the high-tech end of the market
and offers the most extensive range of products, services,
technology and know-how currently available thanks to its 17
Research & Development centres in Europe, USA, South America
and China, with more than 500 qualified R&D professionals.
Prysmian is also a public company, listed on the Italian Stock
Exchange in the FTSE MIB index.
The Group, commercially present on the market with the
Prysmian and Draka brands, is organised according to the
various businesses in the Energy and Telecom industries, and
is active in the development, design, manufacture, supply and
installation of cables for a wide range of applications.
In the Energy industry, the company operates in the business
of underground and submarine power transmission and
distribution cables and systems, special cables for applications
in many different industrial sectors and medium and low voltage
cables for the construction and infrastructure industries.
In the Telecom industry, it manufactures cables and accessories
for the voice, video and data transmission market, offering a
comprehensive range of optical fibres, optical and copper cables
and connectivity systems.
Over the years the Group has achieved important milestones
through realising projects and providing innovative, leading
edge solutions to satisfy the highest customer expectations and
create value for stakeholders and for the Group itself.
Prysmian Group has worked for utilities and grid operators
on some of the principal
submarine power interconnection
projects. These include the recent link between the Balearic
Islands of Majorca and Ibiza in Spain, as well as the record
Westernlink project in the United Kingdom, which boasts a
number of industry firsts for voltage (600 kV), the world’s
highest ever rating for an insulated cable (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 having participated
in the main European projects in recent years, Prysmian has
supplied cable solutions to the DolWin3 wind farm in Germany,
representing an industry milestone with its rating of 900 MW
and voltage of 320 kV DC.
In the area of
underground infrastructure
, Prysmian Group has
contributed to the construction of electricity grids in some of the
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Market, innovation and technology leader
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world’s largest metropolises, from New York to Buenos Aires,
London to St. Petersburg, and Singapore to Hong Kong.
The Group also supports the
petrochemical industry
by offering
solutions for both upstream hydrocarbon research and refining
activities and downstream exploration and production activities.
From umbilical cables for offshore platforms to high-tech
flexible pipes for oil drilling, through to the comprehensive range
of SURF products and services.
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 principal wind farms in Southern Italy.
The Group’s fire-resistant cables can be found at the very heart
of the most 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 are
helping to ensure the safety of the 20 million visitors expected
at the next International Exhibition in 2015.
In the
elevator industry
, the Group’s elevator cables are present
in some of the world’s tallest or most prestigious buildings, like
the new World Trade Center being completed 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-resistant 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 achievements: 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. 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 helps develop infrastructure
that supports information flows and communication between
communities around the world.
The quality of optic 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 Fibre-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.
