INSIGHT 03 | 2015

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Focus on
Prysmian provides the market
with the benefit of 40 years of
optical fibre R&D, fully owned
optical technology and ever-
growing experience across six
continents.
The Group is constantly
working to develop new
technologies in wiring and
connectivity to provide
the best, most up-to-date
customer experience.
Recent developments have
included the RetractaNet and
VertiCasa retractable solutions
for indoor and outdoor
installation, and FlexTube™
1728fo cable, the largest
FlexTube™ cable available
with the highest fibre density
of any high fibre count cable
deployed in the world, (4.16f/
mm2), recently installed in
Australia.
One of the five worldwide excellence
centres covered by the investment plan
is the
The Brazilian project is part of the ongoing
global scheme which will improve the
performance of the Group’s optical
products and manufacturing processes,
along with other excellence centres in the
USA, France, Italy and the Netherlands.
The first phase of the investment plan for
the Sorocaba plant – now completed and
fully operational – increased the local
production capacity to meet local market
needs of 4.5 million km of fibre preforms
per year. The ongoing second phase of
Constantly working
on new technologies
New expanded production facility in Brazil
the plan aims to upgrade manufacturing
processes in order to provide the South
American market with the most advanced
fibre solutions and also further increase
capacity if market demand requires it.