EoW September 2007

english corporate news

Nexans on the centre court!

It’s normally a case of rain stopped play at the Wimbledon tennis championships, but this year it was Nexans which kept the tournament running smoothly – despite the best efforts of Britain’s wet summer weather. For the company provided more than 5km of Alsecure NXS pre-wired conduit cable at the All England Club, which is in the middle of a three-year expansion programme. The halogen-free and flame retardant, with minimal smoke emission, Alsecure NXS cable is designed to protect people and property from emissions of toxic gases and deadly fumes in the event of a fire. Installed over a two-month period, the cable was used to power the legendary tournament’s huge array of facilities, including lighting, kitchens, hospitality areas, commentary boxes and scoreboards. The All England Lawn Tennis Club is halfway through a three-year, £125m project to build a new translucent, retractable roof over Centre Court, increase capacity from 13,800 to 15,000 seats and improve catering facilities.

Anyone for tennis? Nexans made sure the Wimbledon tournament went smoothly ▲

l Japanese company chooses Reelex for l technical assistance

Sumitomo Electric Industries of Yokohama, Japan, has selected Reelex to provide equipment and technical assistance to package its line of fibre optic cables. Tom Copp, president of Reelex, said: “We are pleased that Sumitomo has chosen Reelex as the preferred package for their line of fibre optic cables. “We have long believed the fibre optic cable industry would benefit from Reelex in the same way the LAN and Coaxial cable segments have. This is the culmination of a long development effort undertaken with Sumitomo.

Nexans – France Fax : +33 15669 8484 Email : nexans.web@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com

corporate at a glance “They are the first fibre optic manufacturer to purchase Reelex equipment to be used exclusively for fibre optic cables.” Reelex Packaging Solutions Inc – USA Fax : +1 845 878 7884 Email : tcopp@reelex.com Website : www.reelex.com ▲

Fibre optic cable in Reelex coil

Safety is the name

May was a fruitful

of the game for FS Cables, the official distributor of the Draka Firetuf range of

month for many companies, with many doing a brisk trade at both InterWire and wire Russia. Rosendahl and Nextrom gives us a hands-on review of both.

data and coax cables, which have passed the requirements of LUL standard 2-01001-002.

Stuart Greatly, right, the Rexel Senate branch manager, and Geoff Williams, from contractor Pace Electrical, inspect the cabling on the courts ▲

EuroWire – September 2007