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PRESS RELEASE
Group Media Relations Lorenzo Caruso Corporate and Business Communications Director +39 02 6449-1 [email protected]
UK Media Relations Sam Hiner PR Manager +44 (0)20 8392 0500 [email protected]
PRYSMIAN REVEALS LATEST INNOVATIONS TO SUPPORT COPPER ELIMINATION PROGRAMME
PRYSMIAN HAS DEVELOPED A NEW RANGE OF SPECIALIST JOINTS FOR
ENHANCED SPECIFICATION ALUMINIUM CABLE FOR CLASS 2
Southampton, May 2nd 2017 – Prysmian UK has today announced its latest product innovations: Enhanced cable joints, which are to be used in conjunction with enhanced aluminium cable for class 2 installations. The new Prysmian cable jointing system can be used to connect enhanced 2 core cables with either copper or aluminium conductors. A further development in the jointing system can be used to connect the enhanced 2 core cables to legacy 3 and 4 core cables on the network. The announcement comes as the industry continues to crack down on theft of copper cable and components on the nations’ railways. “We are really excited to be involved in a project that will ultimately benefit a huge number of people throughout the supply chain in the rail industry,” says Phil Kenney, Sales Manager for Rail at Prysmian UK. “In the last twelve months, there have been 1.73 billion rail passenger journeys1. If Prysmian, alongside the major operators it works with, can improve the reliability and safety of these journeys by the slightest of margins then it’s going to have a huge resonating effect. “Recently we have launched a range of products that support this move to aluminium-based technologies, such as our MRPJ-U Enhanced Resin Joint Kits. We’ll be showcasing
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PRESS RELEASE
Group Media Relations Lorenzo Caruso Corporate and Business Communications Director +39 02 6449-1 [email protected]
UK Media Relations Sam Hiner PR Manager +44 (0)20 8392 0500 [email protected]
these and other technologies, such as our harness solutions for fire performance tunnel lighting and power system, at the upcoming Railtex exhibition at the NEC in May.” However, the company is not looking to use the exhibition purely as a platform to talk of new product development. “Railtex is a prime opportunity for us to connect directly to our target audience. We don’t want to use this opportunity to purely talk about our copper elimination programme, but to understand the wider issues of the industry and demonstrate how we can assist our customers to be successful - no matter how big or small the issue.” The Prysmian UK Rail team will be attending Railtex, the 13th International exhibition of railway, systems and services, on 9th – 11th May at the NEC Birmingham. To meet our team and for your chance to win a portable Bose speaker2, visit us on stand L81 in hall 3, at the centre of the ‘Rail Alliance Hub’. For more information on the event, or to book your ticket please visit: http://bit.ly/2oHj8Vd
– ENDS – Prysmian UK Prysmian – supplier of the famous fire protection FP range for more than 30 years - is the largest cable manufacturer in the UK with over 100 years of experience. The UK operation employs more than 1,300 personnel across four sites and is well placed to support its local and global customer base with energy and telecom cables and accessories with varying voltage capacities. At higher voltages, Prysmian offers a maintenance and installation service via its Energy Network Solutions business unit. Its XLPE Xpress service delivers high voltage cables and accessories from stock. At lower voltages Prysmian's comprehensive range of building wires, and power cables and related accessories are available through a first class network of wholesalers and distributors. Prysmian Group Prysmian Group is world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry. With nearly 140 years of experience, sales of over €7.5 billion in 2016, 21,000 employees across 50 countries and 82 plants, the Group is strongly positioned in high-tech markets and offers the widest possible range of products, services, technologies and know-how. It operates in the businesses of underground and submarine cables and systems for power transmission and distribution, of special cables for applications in many different industries and of medium and low voltage cables for the construction and infrastructure sectors. For the telecommunications industry, the Group manufactures cables and accessories for voice, video and data transmission, offering a comprehensive range of optical fibres, optical and copper cables and connectivity systems. Prysmian is a public company, listed on the Italian Stock Exchange in the FTSE MIB index.
2 Bose SoundLink Mini II
