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ranging from project management to cable installation with the assistance of the "Cable Enterprise",
its other cable-laying ship. The Group's technological solutions for this business cover wind turbine,
inter-array and export cables.
The Group also offers a full range of SURF (Subsea Umbilical, Riser and Flowline) products and
services for offshore exploration activities by the oil industry. The product range includes
multipurpose umbilical cables for transporting energy, telecommunications, fluids and chemicals;
high-tech flexible pipes and ducting for offshore oil drilling; special DHT cables, which include cables
to control downhole instrumentation, power cables and hydraulic fluid cables.
The
Energy Products Operating Segment
covers the businesses offering a complete and innovative
product portfolio designed to meet the various and many demands of the market: Energy & Infrastructure
(including Power Distribution and Trade & Installers) and Industrial & Network Components (comprising
Specialties & OEM, Oil & Gas, Elevators, Automotive and Network Components).
In the field of power transmission and distribution, the Group manufactures medium voltage cables
and systems to connect industrial and residential buildings to primary distribution grids and low
voltage ones for power distribution and the wiring of buildings. Prysmian solutions are developed to
support utilities and grid operators, industrial companies, installers and wholesalers in the electricity
sector. In particular, the products developed for the Trade & Installers market include cables and
systems for distributors and installers for the wiring of buildings and distribution of power to or within
commercial and residential structures. Fire-resistant and low smoke halogen-free cables complete
one of the widest and most comprehensive product ranges in the world.
The Group's offer of integrated cabling solutions for the Industrial market constitutes the most
comprehensive and technologically advanced response to the needs of a wide variety of industries.
For the Specialties and OEM business, Prysmian offers cable systems for various specific industrial
applications such as trains, aircraft, ships, harbours, cranes, mines, the nuclear industry, defence,
the electro-medical sector and renewable energy. Products for the petrochemicals market include
power, instrumentation and control cables used in the various activities of exploration, production,
processing and storage. Other solutions serve the elevator market, such as flexible connectorised
cables and hoistway cables, and the automotive industry, in which the Group collaborates with the
sector's leading international manufacturers. The product range is completed with network
accessories and components for connecting cables and other network elements.
The
Telecom Operating Segment
makes cable systems and connectivity products used in
telecommunication networks. The product portfolio includes optical fibre, optical cables, connectivity
components and accessories, OPGW (Optical Ground Wire) and copper cables.
With centres of excellence in Battipaglia (Italy), Claremont (USA), Douvrin (France), Eindhoven (the
Netherlands) and Sorocaba (Brazil), Prysmian Group is one of the leading manufacturers of the core
component of every type of optical cable:
optical fibre
. A wide range of optical fibres is designed and made to