EoW September 2012

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New Expowire network goes live

The launch of new releases at wire 2012 proved particularly successful for expowire.net. Companies, both exhibitors and visitors, joined up to showcase their services on the network which has been a reference point for companies during the last ten years. Even the wire, springs, fasteners and related industries are adapting to internet and new communications technology, and the benefits that www.expowire.net offers are considerable. 180,000 visitors (certified by Google Analytics) enter the network every year, visiting more than half a million pages. More than 13,000 companies are registered, and over 200 companies decided to use this opportunity to promote themselves. It is easier on the Internet to find your company on a social network, rather than just having your own website. “We created a hub,” explained manager Davide Dell’Oro. “The idea came to me by visiting the exhibition in Düsseldorf in 2002. In the multitude of stands, side by side, it is easy for a visitor to get lost. There is the lubricant manufacturer next to the wire-drawing factory, or the manufacturer of tools. “At expowire.net it is different: the search of the company, and of the product you’re interested in, becomes easy and functional, because in front of a computer you need to find what you want without wasting time. Traditional fairs and exhibitions are very important, the human contact will always have its value, and rightly so. But when the show ends, all year round, there’s expowire.net.”

▲ ▲ How the Expowire site looks now

Already translated into English, German, French, Spanish and Italian, the network will also soon be available in Russian and Chinese. And in the coming months the new version will be further implemented with new features, making the navigation faster and more powerful.

Expowire.net – Italy Website : www.expowire.net

Enel Green Power (EGP) has started operations at its 17MW Rancia 2 geothermal plant in Tuscany, Italy, part of a €500m industrial plan for the development of geothermal energy in the area. The plant will generate around 150 million kilowatt hours of power, saving the equivalent of 100,000 tonnes of CO 2 and 33,000 TOE (tonnes of oil equivalent) of fossil fuels per year. Enel Green Power’s CEO, Francesco Starace, said: “These works show our commitment to the continuous search for the improvement of the existing power fleet whereas, at the same time, we maintain our involvement in further increasing our generation capacity globally by putting new plants into operation.” Work is currently in progress on the Rancia 1 and Le Prata plants, located in the towns of Radicondoli (Siena) and Castelnuovo (Pisa) while the three Amiata-area geothermal plants, all located in the town of Piancastagnaio (Siena), are scheduled to enter service shortly, completely refurbished. Enal Green Power SpA – Italy Website : www.enelgreenpower.com Geothermal energy in Italy

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