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PRYSMIAN GROUP | DIRECTORS’ REPORT
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The Group’s fire-resistant cables can be found at the very heart of the most spectacular, state-of-the-art
constructions
, like the Wimbledon tennis stadium, the futuristic Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and the
Shard skyscraper in London, the tallest in Western Europe. In Milan, Prysmian Group cable solutions helped
to ensure the safety of the millions of visitors from around the world who came to the International Exhibition
in 2015.
In the
Elevator
business, the Group's elevator cables are present in some of the world's tallest or most
prestigious buildings, like the new World Trade Center in New York City. By cabling the Burj Khalifa in Dubai,
the world's tallest building at 828 metres high, Prysmian has guaranteed the safety of every one of its 162
floors with elevator cables and fire-resistant cables the length of which is more than 1,300 times the tower's
height.
Even in the
transport
business Prysmian has reached many exceptional milestones: it has cabled some of
the world's biggest aircraft and ships, like the Airbus 380 or the Royal Caribbean's GENESIS fleet, some of
the fastest trains, and some of the most innovative metro systems, like the one recently inaugurated in
Shanghai. Three million passengers on the London Underground travel each day through 400 km of tunnels,
thanks to Prysmian and Draka fire-resistant cables.
Lastly, with a wide range of fibre solutions for voice, video and data, continuous investment in R&D and
around 30 dedicated manufacturing facilities, Prysmian Group is the world's top manufacturer of
Telecom
cables
, with which it contributes to developing infrastructure in support of information flows and
communication between communities around the world.
The quality of optical fibre and level of innovation used in its cables allow the Group to meet the most difficult
and ambitious challenges. In Australia Prysmian is helping the local government to achieve the goal of
creating a Fibre-to-the-Premises network that will connect 93% of the country's residential and commercial
buildings. This project confirms the Group's central role in the largest infrastructure challenge ever faced in
Australian history.
Operating segments
The
Energy Projects Operating Segment
encompasses the following high-tech and high value-added
businesses whose focus is on projects and their execution, as well as on product customisation: High
Voltage underground, Submarine and SURF (umbilical cables, flexible pipes and special DHT (Downhole
Technology) cables for the oil industry).
Prysmian engineers, manufactures and installs high and extra high voltage cables for
underground
and submarine power transmission
directly from power stations to primary distribution networks.
Through Prysmian PowerLink S.r.l., the Group develops the most advanced "turnkey" submarine
cable systems for installation at depths of up to 2,000 metres, possible thanks to the "Giulio Verne",
one of the largest and most technologically advanced cable-laying ships in the world. Prysmian also
offers advanced services for the construction of submarine power lines for offshore wind farms,