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December 23, 2024

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China to invest USD 391 billion in power grids from 2011-2015 -report

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The State Grid Corp of China plans to boost investments in the country’s power grids to 2.55 trillion yuan (USD 390.63 billion) in the coming five-year plan, up 68 percent from the preceding period, the China Securities Journal reported. Of the total budget, it will spend USD 77 billion on both the construction of......

POWERGRID signs MOU to develop transmission network in Kenya

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Chairman & Managing Director, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (POWERGRID), Mr. S.K.Chaturvedi signed a MoU with Mr. Joel Killu, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Kenya Electric Transmission Company (KETRACO) on 12th April 2011 at Nairobi, wherein POWERGRID shall be providing assistance to KETRACO for the development of Power Transmission network in......

KEC International becomes a billion dollar company

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KEC International Ltd. announced its audited results for the year FY 2010-11 and unaudited results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. For the financial year 2010-11, the company reported a turnover of Rs. 4,474 crore. Recently KEC has secured turnkey contract for construction of 400 kV transmission lines between Babhaleshwar – Aurangabad and Bhusawal – Aurangabad. The......

New High-Voltage Cables allow higher current transmission

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When higher currents are transported through high voltage cables, the cables heat up and sag. A new material from ThyssenKrupp VDM (Werdohl) avoids this effect. It increases the efficiency of power lines and so boosts the capacity of existing grids, which in many industrial regions are already operating at their load limit. This can reduce......

Copper alternative solutions may reduce cabling theft

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With the price of copper peaking at historically high levels, communication networks infra- structure specialist CommScope announced that it is now offering copper alternative products for various industries. Why so? To deter damaging and dangerous thefts that are increasingly occurring in communications and utility networks while keeping maintenance costs to a minimum,” says the company. “The......

Quake in Japan takes USD1.35 billion toll on NTT

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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. estimated the financial damage from last month’s earthquake and tsunami at 110 billion yen (USD 1.35 billion) groupwide. About 65,000 of NTT’s electric poles, mostly in northeastern Japan, were disabled. And 41 buildings were either destroyed or flooded. Cellular phone base stations and optical cables were damaged as well.......

TROESTER acquired XCompoundGmbH

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TROESTER has taken over X-Compound GmbH at 100% with immediate effect. TROESTER is known as leading manufacturer of extrusion lines for the cable and rubberindustry. X-Compound manufacture plastic compounding lines on the oscillating kneader technology – a procedurefrequently applied for highly filled thermoplastic materialsthat are sensitive to shear forces and......

Visibox allows reel visibility

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Visibox is a transparent packaging for flexible wires with a carefully designed stop wire opening and a handle. Nexans innovative smart packaging facilitates cabling work on electrical cabinets and is dedicated to panel builders and installers and provides lots of benefits throughout their work process. Clear colors in a box A completely transparent......

Prysmian secures € 60 million in contracts for special OGP cables in the Middle East

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Prysmian Cables & Systems has signed two major contracts with SAIPEM, a world leading Oil & Gas industry contractor, worth in excess of € 60 million, to supply special cables for applications in the Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals industry. In detail, the Group will supply a wide range of power, instrumentation and fibre optic......

Fugro Acquires JDR Cable Systems Holdings Netherlands BV

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Fugro has reached agreement with JDR Cable Systems (Netherlands) Ltd to acquire JDR Cable Systems Holdings Netherlands BV and its marine cable subsidiary JDR Cable Systems BV, together comprising JDR’s Marine Cables division. JDR Marine Cables designs and produces special marine cables for oil and gas (subsea lead-in cables, array cables, control cables), geophysical (airgun......
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