The hard work
behind success

The hard work behind success

Editorial Team Insight

Prysmian reached the halfway point of the year on a note of sharp increase in profitability, with improving margins in the strategic Energy Projects and Telecom businesses. Sales also showed a marked improvement in the second quarter after a poor start, due to adverse phasing in the Energy Projects business. The Industrial business has also enjoyed a positive trend, with an order backlog providing a strong outlook for the remainder of the year. Key to establishing this positive trend, that allows us to confirm the upbeat target for FY 2017, was the hard work done in building our project execution capabilities, and stronger and more cost-effective production capacity.

It’s for this reason that we FOCUS ON the key to success of the company, that is the global operations structure that benefited from unprecedented investment plans to increase capacity and capabilities worldwide. These plans will allow us to meet demand across the high-added value markets with quality and innovative products, while improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness at our manufacturing facilities.

Our GLOBAL SCENARIO encompasses the world of the digital revolution, that sees Europe as the potential global leader. The potential will be realised if the continent embraces an ambitious approach towards connectivity, through advocacy amongst EU member states and manufacturing of state-of-the-art optical fibre.

MARKET & TRENDS reports the latest updates from the new space rush, that is attracting huge investment and driving revolutionary projects from many of the same people who ignited the internet revolution a quarter of century ago.

In the TRACKING THE FUTURE session, we look at how FinTech has revolutionised everything from banking and insurance processes to business transactions and consumer shopping habits. We also take a look at the effects of ongoing digitalisation on data security, discovering what new types of crime have arisen and their consequences.