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Nexans assigned to create REE’s new high-voltage submarine power link between Mallorca and Ibiza
Nexans has been awarded a turnkey contract worth in excess of 90 million euros by REE (Red Eléctrica de España), the operator of the Spanish power system and the owner of the power transmission grid, to create a new 115 km high-voltage (HV) submarine power link between the Islands of Mallorca and Ibiza. This project forms part of the set of investments that REE is making to interconnect the Balearic Islands with the Iberian Peninsula to guarantee... [more]
Shangshang Cable was Authorized to use DOW INSIDE License
Dow Electrical & Telecommunications (Dow E&T), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, signed DOW INSIDE license agreement with Jiangsu Shangshang Cable Group which is a leading wire & cable products manufacturer in China. Under the terms of the DOW INSIDE agreement, Shangshang Cable will use DOW ENDURANCE™ insulation, semi-conductive and jacketing materials to manufacture electronics wiring and/or medium and high voltage power cables. In... [more]
Enniskillen’s New Acute Hospital gets the highest standard meeting safety requirements
Prysmian’s FP Plus™, with enhanced Insudite™ insulation, cables were used exclusively for the fire system installed in the New Acute Hospital for the Southwest in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The hospital is scheduled to be completed in June 2012 and will provide 312 patient beds overlooking the picturesque Wolf Lough greenfield site. The £276 million project is a major investment in Northern Ireland improving the level of health care se... [more]
Design flexibility improved by one-piece board-to-board connector from TE Connectivity
Introducing TE Connectivity's sleek one-piece compressive board-to-board (BtB) connector, which enables connecting to a locally gold-plated secondary board by compression of the contacts. It is also scalable in a number of positions, height and pitch, which enhances design flexibility and has been adopted by major mobile device manufacturers. This compressive BtB connector, made of high temperature thermal plastic and copper alloy, comes with ... [more]
Improved street lighting with Mayrise technology
The Mayrise street lighting system is a complete management system designed to simplify and improve the management of street lighting. Providing real time asset management matched to complex maps of the highway lighting network, MAYRISE Street Lighting is helping identify and record faults, deliver a timely and efficient maintenance and repair programme and provide accurate management reporting. The system is being used by Balfour Beatty Mott M... [more]
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