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including trains, aircraft, ships, port systems, cranes, mines, the nuclear industry, defence, the electro-
medical sector and renewable energy. The products for the petrochemical market include power, instrument
and control cables for use in exploration, production, transformation and storage activities. Further solutions
are available for the elevator market, including flexible cables with connectors and cabling for elevator shafts,
and for the automotive industry where the Group collaborates with the main international manufacturers in
the sector. The range of products is completed by network accessories and components for joining cables
and other network components.
Telecom
The Telecom Operating Segment comprises the production of cabling systems and connectivity products
used in telecommunications networks. The product portfolio includes optical fibre, optical cables, connectivity
components and accessories, OPGW (Optical Ground Wire) cables and copper cables.
With centres of excellence in Battipaglia (Italy), Eindhoven (Netherlands) and Douvrin (France) and five
factories around the world, the Prysmian Group is one of the leaders in the production of the key component
for all types of optical cable:
optical fibre
. A wide range of optical fibres is designed and produced to respond
to the vast spectrum of applications demanded by customers, including single-mode, multi-mode and
speciality fibres. In addition, the Group possesses all current technologies needed for the production of
optical fibre, thus ensuring that solutions for the various applications are optimised. The optical fibres are
used in the production of a wide range of optical cables, whether standard or specifically designed for
challenging environments where access is difficult: from underground conduits to overhead power lines, and
from road and rail tunnels to gas and drainage networks.
The Prysmian Group also provides solutions for passive connectivity, guaranteeing the efficient management
of optical fibres within the network. The growing demand for greater bandwidth has brought optical fibre ever
closer to the end customer. The Group is extremely active in this rapidly growing sector of the market, known
as FTTx, with a systems approach based on a combination of existing technologies and innovative solutions
that introduce optical fibres to high-rise buildings and high density housing.
Many of the cables employed in FTTx systems use Prysmian BendBright
xs
, an optical fibre insensitive to
bending that was developed specifically for this application.
The Prysmian Group also produces a wide range of
copper cables
for buried and overhead cabling, as well
as for residential and commercial buildings. The product portfolio includes cables of varying capacity, such
as xDSL cables for broadband work and those designed for high transmission, low interference and
electromagnetic compatibility.
Cabling systems for communications are produced by the Group for the widest variety of applications within
buildings, industries and transportation systems: cables for radio, television and cinematic recording studies,
cabling for railway environments, such as those buried for long-distance telecommunications, cables for
signalling and train diversion systems, as well as antenna cables for mobile telephone systems and cables
for communications networks.