EuroWire March 2020

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Prysmian to develop major broadband cable project

Metro Wire and Cable has hired industry sales leader Charles Antie as as national sales manager, assisting with strengthening key client relationships in several market segments – utility, industrial and oil/gas – and working with electrical contractors who service these industries. Mr Antie has had a long tenure in working with several leading manufacturers and in key market segments. He has had previous management/ leadership roles with General Cable, Belden Cable and Electronics, Shawflex and Dekoron Wire and Cable. Metro Wire and Cable specialises in working alongside a variety of industries: public utilities, electrical contractors, wind-farm developers, commercial and industrial HVAC industries, traffic signal and airport lighting contractors, original equipment manufacturers and the security industry. Industry veteran joins MetroWire

in this project without the extremely efficient cooperation among our local sales team and global operations, R&D, procurement, logistics and legal teams,” stated Juan Mogollon, CEO LATAM at Prysmian Group. “Support from all of them was key to reaching this outstanding result.” Philippe Vanhille, executive vice president telecom business, added, “This contract is a significant milestone for Prysmian in Mexico, a country in which we have been present for years, and in which we invested. Mexico and Central America offer considerable scope for development in all telecom sectors in the near future, with broadband Internet subscribers constantly growing. “The investments we made in this area in the past few years have been key to helping Prysmian be ready to meet the subsequent increase in market demand and support its customers in the region.” Prysmian Group www.prysmiangroup.com

PRYSMIAN Group has been awarded a contract in Mexico, worth around $38mn, by the government-owned company Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) for the project Proyecto de Conectividad Fibra Óptica Red Eléctrica Inteligente (REI). The project will bring high-speed connection to 52 cities in the country. It is the largest project ever launched by the government in Mexico in terms of cable supply, and will connect remote regions in the country with high-speed broadband. It includes the design, supply and installation of a minimum of 9,800 fkm of OPGW cables and 5,100 fkm of ADSS cables. The OPGW cables will be produced in the group’s plant in Vilanova i la Geltrù, Spain, while the ADSS cables will be produced in the plant located in Durango, Mexico. For this project, Prysmian took part in an international tender, involving several local and overseas producers. “We wouldn’t have been able to succeed

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