wiredInUSA January 2018

New wire facility

Spur into action

Turkish company Murat Ticaret, which specializes in the manufacture of electrical wiring harnesses for the automotive industry, is to invest in a new wire production plant in Skopje, Macedonia. The facility will create 300 jobs and will export its products to the European market. Construction work on the 18,000m 2 facility is expected to begin in early 2018, with completion scheduled for December 2018.

Image: belaucable.com

Belau Submarine Cable Corporation (BSCC) and NEC Corporation have announced that a new submarine cable linking the Republic of Palau is completed and ready for commercial service. The Palau Spur interconnects with the existing SEA-US submarine cable (connecting the Philippines and Indonesia to the West Coast of the United States via Guam and Hawaii) from a branching unit located between the Philippines and Guam. The Palau Spur has an initial design capacity of 500Gbps, and will connect the republic of Palau to Guam with onward connectivity to Asia, North America and the rest of the world. The president of the Republic of Palau, His Excellency E Tommy Remengesau Jr, declared BSCC open for business at a special celebration held at the National Museum in Koror, Palau. “This marks the completion of critical national infrastructure that has already made its presence felt in improved services, and will continue to support the sustainable development of Palau long into the future as technologies evolve,” the president said.

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