Prysmian ready to offer widest CPR-Compliant cable range
TECHNOLOGY
The Construction Products Regulation (CPR) ensures information on construction products’ performance is always reliable. CPR applies to power, control and communications cables intended to be incorporated in buildings and civil engineering works.
Valerio Battista
CEO PRYSMIAN GROUP
Before placing a product on the market, manufacturers have a legal obligation to draw up a Declaration of Performance (DoP) that identifies the product, its intended use and fire performance characteristics. This DoP and a CE marking will be attributed to every cable.
“CPR is a unique turning point to enhance the level of safety and quality in the European cable market and we are ready to lead the industry change”, states Valerio Battista, CEO Prysmian Group. “For any cable product intended to be used in construction works, this regulation guarantees a specified level of performance in relation to reaction to fire, resistance to fire and release of dangerous substances.”
Quality, safety, sustainability
Prysmian is currently ready to offer the market the widest range of CPR-compliant energy and telecommunications cables, continuing to support customers with innovative and technologically advanced solutions. The full range of high performance cables is fully compliant with the requirements of CPR across different European Countries. A u cross-function CPR team for each country has also been introduced, with the aim of serving and supporting customers with regard to the new CE marking rules, as well as trying to anticipate future market requirements.
Prysmian has developed and launched a dedicated website and communications campaign addressed to decision makers, specifiers, professionals and of course its customers. These tools will help deliver correct and complete information regarding safer cables and CPR, to ensure a smooth transition in all countries for all the supply chain.
The Date of Applicability of the harmonised CPR standard is June 10, 2016, with the end of the co-existence period set for July 1, 2017. Prysmian is ready to support its customers during this delicate transition period providing the required capabilities for fire testing, product positioning and materials development.