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Key projects
In the last six years Prysmian has completed more than 30
submarine power links worldwide, including
Basslink
in Australia, one of the longest in the world, the Italy-Greece
interconnection, which is currently the deepest, and
Neptune
in the US. Prysmian is currently undertaking many significant
projects able to further consolidate its global footprint, such as Transbay in San Francisco, the
record-breaking
SA.PE.I.
in Italy, Cometa in Spain and the GCCIA between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. As for high and
extra high voltage projects, the Group has been involved in the expansion and reinforcement of the
transmission networks in cities such as Abu Dhabi, New York, London, Paris,
Madrid
, Singapore, Istanbul, Hong Kong, Vienna, Buenos Aires, Milan and Rome. In 2008, the Group has won two important contracts
in the Middle East for the installation of the Doha Bay submarine link and the expansion of the
energy transmission network in
Qatar,, and
provided the electric network for the
2008
Beijing Olympic Village.
In the last few years Prysmian has significantly enhanced its commitment to the development
of technologically advanced integrated solutions, to be used in the
Renewable
Energy
field. Prysmian has been recently awarded contracts to supply high tech power cables for
the Greater Gabbard, Gunfleet Sands, Robin Rigg and Thanet offshore wind farms rising off the UK
coast. These offshore wind farms fields are amongst the world’s largest under construction and will
play a significant part in helping meet the UK’s renewable energy targets.
In the Industrial cable sector, Prysmian has been strenghtening its offering and market
position in the Oil&Gas sector, particularly in Brazil where it is involved in several
strategic projects currently under development by
Petrobras
. The Group entered the strategic niche of cables for nuclear power stations providing two new
nuclear plants in China with special cables, outcomes of an exclusive patented
technology. Other interesting initiatives have been recently carried out in the transport industry:
the cabling of the
Genesis Cruise Vessel
, the largest ocean liner in the world, and the
cabling of the
Alstom's
high speed special testing train
, that achieved the world’s speed record in 2007.
Product quality and innovation are the hallmarks of Prysmian approach to industries where the
products are more standardized, such as low and medium voltage cables. Fire Resistant and Low Smoke
Zero Halogen (LS0H) cables are Prysmian’s cutting-edge products in the residential and commercial
construction cables market. Significant projects in this sector are the cabling of the
Burj Dubai
tower, the tallest manmade structure in the world, the cabling of
the Wimbledon’s Central Court stadium and the cabling of
Singapore F1
circuit
, where the first ever F1 night race has been run.
In the Telecom business, Prysmian has recently carried out several major projects in the
highly strategic Fibre-To-The-Home market, for example in the USA, where it has been selected as
one of the main partners to develop the
FTTH Infrastructure of
Verizon.. In the
European market,
a number of FTTH systems have been developed in Scandinavia and France and most
recently in Germany, where Prysmian was contracted to provide a complete fibre network to
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