EoW July 2009

corporate news

CableBuilder © at Relemac Cables, Delhi

Single largest order for HTS wire

InnoVites BV has announced that Relemac Cables of Delhi, India has selected InnoVites as its partner to implement CableBuilder, the cable design software of Cimteq Ltd. Relemac Cables has selected CableBuilder to improve the quality and efficiency of the design and quotation processes. Relemac Cables, a renowned name in design and manufacture of high-performance, high-bandwidth cables and wires for telecommunications, has chosen to implement CableBuilder and make its design processes more efficient and to produce high quality quotations with less effort. Vivek Gupta, managing director at Relemac Cables, comments: “The current market requires us to send out more quotations, at higher quality, in a shorter response time to get the customer orders. And we want to do this with the current technical and sales team. InnoVites helps us to use CableBuilder to achieve these objectives. They have a full understanding of our business and their support is instrumental in this project.” InnoVites is the exclusive reseller of CableBuilder in India and sells and supports this solution from its Cable Competence Center in Hyderabad, India. InnoVites also develops and sells ERP software specific for cable manufacturers: InnoVites for Cable. This innovative and complete business solution is based on Microsoft Dynamics AX © . British cold weld equipment manufacturer PWM has re-designed and upgraded its website to enable wire and cable manufacturers to navigate and view its range of high performance machines and dies more quickly and easily. The new-look site has a menu on the left as well as across the top of the page, and includes French, German, Spanish and Russian language options, and a product selector to help visitors select the most appropriate cold welding equipment for their application. The site also includes information about the history of cold welding, brochure downloads and a detailed FAQ section. The locations of PWM’s agents, who provide customers with a personal service, are listed on the ‘Contact us’ page. An Update box on the homepage will alert visitors to the latest news from PWM. PressureWelding Machines – UK Fax : +44 1233 820847 New look for PWMwebsite InnoVites BV – Netherlands Email : info@innovites.com Website : www.innovites.com Cimteq – UK Email : info@cimteq.com Website : www.cimteq.com

American Superconductor Corporation has announced that LS Cable Ltd has ordered approximately 80,000 metres (50 miles) of 344 superconductors, AMSC’s proprietary brand of second generation (2G) high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire. LS Cable will utilise the wire to manufacture a 22.9kV cable system that it will install in Korea Electric Power Corporation’s (KEPCO) commercial power delivery network near the city of Seoul in 2010. Founded in 1962 and based in Anyang, South Korea, LS Cable is Korea’s largest power cable manufacturer with nearly 8,200 employees worldwide and annual sales in excess of US$6 billion. This is the single largest commercial order for 2G HTS wire in the world. Under the terms of the contract, AMSC will deliver the wire to LS Cable by the end of 2009. LS Cable will then strand the wire into a superconductor cable system capable of carrying 50 megawatts of power. The cable system will be nearly a half-mile in length, making it the world’s longest distribution-voltage superconductor cable system. Installation will begin by the middle of 2010 and energised in one of Seoul’s largest satellite cities by the end of 2010. A power cable made with HTS wire can conduct up to ten times the amount of power of the same diameter cable made with copper wire. By replacing copper cables with high-capacity superconductor cables in cities using existing underground tunnels and ductwork, utilities can avoid digging up city streets while also relieving grid congestion and increasing the reliability and security of power networks. “As is the case in many countries around the world, Korea has been experiencing sharp increases in electricity demand and is relying more and more on renewable energy sources to meet that demand,” said KEPCO chief executive officer Kim Ssang-Su. “With their ability to carry a vast amount of power in a small pathway, we see great promise for superconductor cable technology and look forward to energising this first system.” This project builds on the success Korea’s Development of Advanced Power Systems by Applied Superconductivity technologies (DAPAS) programme, which has provided more than $100 million in funding for the development and commercialisation of superconductor systems. In 2006, LS Cable and the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) successfully tested a 30-metre, 22.9kV superconductor cable. In 2007, LS Cable and KERI completed testing of a 100-metre, 22.9 kV superconductor cable system. Both of these projects were powered by AMSC’s first generation HTS wire and funded by the DAPAS programme. American Superconductor Corporation – USA Website : www.amsc.com

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