WCA May 2007

Industry News

Prysmian’s Venezuela contract for 2,000km of cable

Calendar of Events 2007 May 7-10: Interwire 2007 – trade exhibition – Cleveland, Ohio, USA Organisers : Wire Association Int Inc Website : www.wirenet.org exhibition – Moscow, Russia Organisers : Messe Düsseldorf GmbH Email : info@messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.messe-duesseldorf.de 28-31: wire Russia – trade 10-12: World Wire and Cable Conference (incorporating the KMI Fibreoptics Conference) – conference – Paris, France Organisers : CRU Events Email : marilyn.portner@crugroup.com Website : www.cruevents.com 21-24: 8th China (Guangzhou) International Metal and Metallurgy Exhibition – Guangzhou, PR China Organisers : Julang Exhibition Co Ltd Email : meiwen@julang.com.cn Website : www.julang.com.cn 2-4: Metaltech 2007 – trade exhibition – Sao Paulo, Brazil Organisers : Grupo Cipa Website : www.metaltech.tmp.br 16-18: wire Southeast Asia 2007 – trade exhibition – Bangkok, Thailand Organisers : Messe Düsseldorf Asia Fax : +65 6337 4633 Email : mdafairs@singnet.com.sg Website : www.wire-southeastasia.com 17: Non-ferrous Bangkok Seminar – technical seminar – Bangkok, Thailand June October

Prysmian Telecom Cables & Systems has secured a contract to supply more than 2,000km of Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) cable to Venezuela. The contract was signed at the end of last year between Prysmian Telecomunicacoes Cabos e Sistemas, Brazil, and the leading Chinese company, Zhongxing Telecom Equipment Company Limited (ZTE), who will install the cables on the high voltage (up to 400kV) network of CADAFE, the Venezuelan state electrical utility. OPGW cable forms an integral part of an overhead electricity network, performing both the primary function of a conventional earth conductor together with the provision of a state-of-the-art communications link – thanks to the optical fibres contained within and the cable supplied in this contract will form the first part of a major national telecoms network providing a full range of broadband and internet services to CADAFE customers. A total of 2,260km of OPGW is to be supplied in this first phase with the cable containing a combination of 24 and 48 singlemode optical fibres. Production of cables for the project will be focused on the Prysmian facility at Sorocaba in Brazil. Prysmian also manufactures OPGW at factories in Spain and China. Since production of OPGW started in 1984 Prysmian has supplied more than 100,000km of cable, all based upon the highly reliable aluminium tube technology, in more than 60 countries. The optical fibres used within the cables will be produced at Prysmian’s facility in Battipaglia, Italy. First deliveries are due to be made before the end of January and the full quantity will be supplied by mid-2007 with the overall project continuing into next year.

Prysmian Telecom Cables & Systems – Italy Email : info@prysmian.com

Website : www.prysmian.com

€15m power cable contract for Vietnam refinery

Nexans, France, has been awarded a contract, worth approximately €15 million, to supply medium and low voltage power cables for Vietnam’s first crude oil refinery. The Dung Quat refinery project is being commissioned by Technip, a major corporation in the field of oil, gas and petrochemical engineering, construction and services, and the leader in a consortium with Japan Gas Corporation and Tecnicas Reunidas, on behalf of Vietnam Oil & Gas Corporation (Petrovietnam). The Dung Quat project includes both the refinery and crude oil import facilities. The refinery is designed to have a processing capacity of 145,000 BPSD (barrels per stream day), which will serve Vietnam’s domestic market and reduce the country’s oil product imports. Nexans will supply approximately 1,400km of medium and low voltage power cables, which will be installed underground to supply power for the contractors involved in the construction of the refinery, and then for the refinery

itself. The cables will be manufactured by Nexans plants in Vietnam, Korea and France, and should be delivered and installed from January to Septem- ber 2007. Mechanical completion of the refinery should be in 2008. Nexans has had an industrial presence in Vietnam since 2001, and currently employs 435 people in the country, with three industrial plants dedicated to telecom/energy infrastructures, industrial, building wire and LAN markets. Nexans – France Fax : +33 15669 8484 Email : nexans.web@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com

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