2017 Sustainability Overview | Prysmian Group

A PIONEERING SPIRIT PRYSMIAN GROUP 2017 SUSTAINABILITY OVERVIEW In 2017, Prysmian Group developed a number of Research & Develpment projects that led to several significant results from the point of view of sustainability. A WIDE ARRAY OF PRODUCT INNOVATIONS Work dedicated to this programme has continued in 2017 to lower production costs, both when developing a new product and when re-engineering an existing one. The aim is to reduce the quantity of materials used for cable production by redefining their design. The programme achieved cost savings totalling more than €13 M in 2017, with more than 1,050 projects that have benefited from it. Activities related to the new large diameter aluminium conducting junction techniques were completed in 2017 with the production of a large part of the current COBRA project completed with 320 kV direct current to connect the Netherlands to Denmark. The junction of conductors of different materials continued with a series of mechanical checks in order to use the solution in structures of a three-pole 220 kV alternating current cable. Design-To-Cost Submarine cables