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The Prysmian Group is world leader in the supply of cables
and systems for energy and telecommunications. With over
130 years of experience, sales of more than Euro 7 billion
in 2013, approximately 19,000 employees in 50 countries
and 91 factories, the Group offers the broadest range of
products, services, technologies and know how, sustained by
17 R&D centres in Europe, the United States, South America
and China that are staffed by more than 500 experienced
professionals.
Prysmian is a public company, listed on Borsa Italiana as part
of the FTSE MIB index.
The Group is present on the market via the Prysmian and
Draka brands. Activities, organised into the Energy and
Telecom businesses, consist in the development, design,
production, supply and installation of cables for the most
diverse applications.
In the Energy sector, the Company supplies terrestrial and
submarine cables and systems for power transmission
and distribution, special cables for applications in various
industrial sectors and medium-low voltage cables for
infrastructure and construction needs.
In the Telecom sector, we produce cables and accessories for
voice, video and data transmissions, drawing on a complete
range of optical fibres, optical and copper cables and
connectors.
The Prysmian Group has reached many major milestones
over the years, completing projects with innovative and
cutting-edge solutions that satisfy the highest expectations
of customers and create value for both stakeholders and the
Group.
The Group has completed several major
undersea power
delivery projects
for grid managers and utilities. These
included the recent link between the islands of Majorca and
Ibiza in Spain, as well as the record-breaking Westernlink
project in the United Kingdom. This last involves a number
of industry firsts, in terms of voltage (600 kV), highest
operational rating for an insulated cable (2200 MW) and
distance (over 400 km). The Trans Bay, Neptune and Hudson
projects in the United States are illuminating large areas from
San Francisco to New York City with electricity from different
sources.
The Group is also world leader in submarine links for offshore
wind farms. In addition to participating in all the major
projects completed at European level in recent years, Prysmian
also provided cabling solutions for the DolWin 3 farm in
Germany. This farm represents something of a milestone, with
a power output of 900 MW at 320 kV d.c..
In terms of
terrestrial infrastructure
, the Prysmian Group has
helped to build electricity grids in some of the world’s largest
cities, from New York to Buenos Aires, from London to St.
Petersburg, and from Singapore to Hong Kong.
The Group also assists the
petrochemicals industry
, offering
solutions both to operators engaged in exploration and the
refining of hydrocarbons, and to those involved in the related
downstream activities. These solutions extend from umbilical
cables for offshore platforms to high-tech flexible pipes for
the lifting of petroleum and the full range of SURF products
and services.
In the
renewable energies
market, Prysmian technologies
have been employed to establish several of the world’s largest
solar and wind farms, such as the Ohotnikovo PV plant in the
Ukraine and the principal wind farms in southern Italy.
The Group’s fire-resistant cables can be found at the heart
of the most spectacular,
state-of-the-art developments
,
including the Wimbledon tennis stadium, the futuristic
Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and the Shard skyscraper
in London, which is the tallest in western Europe. In Milan,
the Prysmian Group’s cabling solutions are contributing to
guarantee the safety of the 20 million visitors expected to
visit Expo 2015, the next Universal Exposition.
Turning to the
elevator industry
, the Group’s cables can be
found in many of the world’s most prestigious buildings, such
as the new World Trade Center that is nearing completion in
New York City.
By cabling the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building
at 828 metres high, Prysmian has guaranteed safety on each
of its 162 floors with elevator cables and fire-resistant cables
whose length exceeds 1,300 times the height of the tower.
Prysmian has also achieved exceptional results in the
transportation
sector by cabling some of the world’s biggest
passenger aircraft and ships, such as the Airbus 380 and Royal
Caribbean’s GENESIS fleet, fastest trains and most innovative
metro systems. Three million passengers travel on the London
Underground each day, using 400 km of tunnels cabled by
Prysmian and Draka fire-resistant products.
Lastly, the Prysmian Group is the world’s leading producer of
telecom
cables, with a wide range of optical fibre solutions
for voice, video and data, continuous investment in R&D and
around 30 factories dedicated to this sector. In this way, we
help to develop the infrastructure that supports information
flows and communications between communities around the
world.
The quality of our optical fibres and innovative cabling
solutions enables the Group to tackle the most difficult and
ambitious challenges. In Australia, Prysmian is helping the
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.
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