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assoCiation MeMbeRships
Prysmian’s leadership of the cables sector is further supported
by the Group’s membership of the principal and most strategic
global trade associations. Participation in technical round-
table discussions means that Prysmian can play a prominent
role in the definition of guidelines, and in debates with
partners and competitors.
Prysmian actively participates in the following major trade
associations:
•
europacable
: founded in 1991, members represent about
85% of the European cables market. The major global
players in the sector are all members, together with more
than 200 SMEs with a high degree of specialisation;
•
Friends of the supergrid (Fosg)
: brings together technology
firms specialised in electricity transmission systems and
firms that develop, install, own and manage the related
infrastructure, in order to promote the development of a
large-scale, pan-European, offshore electricity grid in order
to distribute the energy generated by renewable sources;
•
norstec
: represents the leading global operators in the
energy sector, with a view to supporting the production of
renewable energy by offshore wind farms in the North Sea;
•
Medgrid
: started in 2009 to study the feasibility of an
electricity link across the Mediterranean, between Europe
and the wind and solar farms established in North Africa.
Twenty of Europe’s leading operators in the energy sector
are participating in this project;
•
Ftth Council
: non-profit organisation that seeks to
accelerate the adoption of Fibre To The Home (FTTH)
technology. Members include manufacturers, system
designers, consultancy firms and academic organisations.
The main aim of the FTTH Council is to exercise its influence
with regulators and other bodies, such as the European
Union, in order to create a regulatory environment that
favours the adoption of this technology. The Prysmian
Group is an active member of the FTTH Council in Europe,
North America, the Middle East, North Africa, Latin America
and Asia-Pacific.
Via the various working parties, the trade associations develop
and disseminate tools for the management of legislative
requirements and for the development for sector-specific
initiatives, such as the environmental declaration required for
cables.
