Prysmian Reaches OPGW Milestone
Prysmian Cables & Systems has reached a major milestone with its Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) business with the latest delivery of a system, which takes its total installed worldwide cable volume past the 150,000-km (93,206-mile) mark.
OPGW forms an integral part of an overhead electricity network, performing both the primary function of a conventional ground wire together with the provision of a state-of-the-art communications link thanks to the optical fibres contained within.
The milestone project is being carried out with one of the main power utilities in Eastern Europe, with the OPGW manufactured at Prysmian's main facility at Vilanova, near Barcelona together with the production unit in Soracaba, Brazil. The optical fibres within the cable were also produced by Prysmian at the company's facility in Battipaglia, Italy.
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