wiredInUSA October 2020

Corridor cables

Securing better premises

Borealis and Borouge have announced that crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) power cables made with Borealis Borlink™ extruded high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology will be used for the majority of the German corridor projects. It will be the first use of the Borlink XLPE HVDC at extra-high levels of 525kV. Borealis Borlink XLPE HVDC cables are in use in two of the three new German corridors: in the SuedLink, which has two power cable systems of 2GW each and a route length of over 2,500km; and in the northern stretch of the SuedOstLink corridor, which consists of one 2GW circuit and approximately 500km of cable. Overall, cables based on Borlink will make up a majority of the total corridors project. The German corridor projects are key components in enabling the country to produce sufficient volumes of energy from renewable sources and to transport it over vast distances with minimal losses. Borealis’s Borlink™ technology enables efficient transport of renewable energy over long distances with minimal losses

Through its subsidiary PSM Taiwan, Bulten has signed a lease contract on a manufacturing facility in Taipei. The new location is expected to allow a more efficient and sustainable operation and be a base for further expansion. The current operation of PSM Taiwan will be moved to the new location during the fall of 2020. PSM Taiwan was acquired by Bulten in February 2020 and primarily produces machined, smaller dimension fasteners for both automotive and non-automotive applications. The larger floor space will make it possible to both in-source a portion of the components that are currently purchased from outside suppliers, and to utilize PSM Taiwan to work on production for new contracts.

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