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July 2, 2025

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Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd Contracts Nexans to Connect Its New Wind-farm to Scottish grid

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The turnkey contract will see Nexans manufacture and deliver two circuits of 90 km, with a total of 260 km of onshore and offshore cables May 24, 2016 Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd has chosen a consortium of Nexans and Siemens Transmission and Distribution Ltd to supply a transmission system to......
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Southwire Introduces SOLONONplus™ LSZH XLPO Cable

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The new product delivers increased cable safety for railway and transit industry May 6, 2016 Southwire announces the launch of SOLONONplus™ low smoke non-halogen cross linked polyolefin cable (LSZH XLPO), designed for applications where flexibility, fire resistance and low smoke generation are of the utmost importance in the transit and......
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Standard Motor Products, Inc. Acquires General Cable’s Automotive Ignition Wire Business

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The acquisition costs SMP USD 71 million and will include General Cable’s auto-motive ignition wire business in North America as well as a subsidiary in Mexico May 23, 2016 Standard Motor Products, Inc, an automotive replacement parts manufacturer and distributor, announced on May 23 that it has signed a definitive......
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Prysmian Group to Buy Corning’s Data Cable Business in Germany

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The acquired business reported sales of approximately EUR 22 million in 2015; the business consists of a plant for the production of CAT5, CAT6 and CAT7 cables May 13, 2016 Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, has entered into an agreement for the......
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Future of Electricity in India Rest on the Pillars of Afford-ability, Sustainability & Energy Security: Piyush Goyal

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Government to set up a pool of capital to fund research on green energy technologies May 11, 2016 According to a press release by PIB, Mr. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy said that future of electricity in India rest on the......
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Sterlite to Bring in Heavy-lift Helicopters From American Firm Erickson

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The move is to ease operations in inhospitable mountainous region, especially for airlifting the transmission towers higher in the hills May 7, 2016 Infrastructure projects in hilly regions are unimaginably slow because of the dearth of faster commutation of logistics. It is not rare to witness a pack of mules......
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Telecom Commission Nods to Proposals for Improving Connectivity to Fringe Territories

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The approval to proposal considers Lakshadweep, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands; intends to Rs. 1,000 crore from Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF); proposes to lay down submarine optic fibre cable between Chennai and the Andamans; Clears the augmentation of satellite system for Lakshadweep May 11, 2016 The inter-ministerial Telecom Commission......
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Swiss R&M Acquires REALM Communications Group

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Acquisition will allow R&M to enter US market and tap new business opportunities February 4, 2016 Swiss cabling specialist R&M has announced the acquisition of REALM Communications Group a North American fiber optic specialist based in Milpitas, California. Founded in 1987, REALM leads in developing and supplying advanced fiber management......
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Compromising with Quality Would Get You Blacklisted: Piyush Goyal

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Goyal was speaking after inaugurating ‘ELECRAMA-2016 -The World Electricity Forum February 13, 2016 Stressing that the government will not compromise on quality, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on on February 13 asked electrical equipment manufacturers to ensure quality or face blacklisting. “On more occasions than one I have requested and......
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