Offshore wind farms like the London Array project are lifting demand for Europe’s cable makers
hosting the European 2012 football championships. Despite having half the number of cable manufacturing sites as Spain, Poland now uses the same volume of polymer in cable applications.
Structure of the industry This consolidation of the market, coupled with an unfavourable economic climate, has led to a slight reduction in the total number of sites listed in AMI’s new guide. In 2012 there are 326 sites listed compared to 340 in the previous edition which was produced in 2008. Prysmian of Milan now dominates the cable industry
in Europe. Prysmian confirmed its position as market leader in early 2011 when it beat rival offers from China’s Xinmao and France’s Nexans to take over the Dutch group Draka. With over 40 manufacturing sites spread over the continent from Catalonia in the west to Hungary in the east, Prysmian now owns more than 10% of Europe cable plants. Other large groups with a
strong European presence include Nexans of France, Poland’s Tele-Fonika Kable, Danish group NKT, Finnish company Reka (owned by Neomarkka), Leoni from Germany and Italy’s La Triveneta. In May 2011, the Dutch Engineering group Fugro acquired the JDR Cable Systems division in Krimpen aan den Lek in the Netherlands. It was renamed De Regt Marine cables while its product portfolio of subsea cable systems remains the same. In June 2009, HEW Kabel, a German custom cable
extruder using TPEs and fluoropolymers, reverted to being a privately owned company having previously been a subsidiary of the Belden group. Changes have also
More information
The Guide to the Cable Industry in Europe has just been published in both book and CD form. It lists 326 cable production sites with contact details plus information on the polymers processed and the types of cables that are manufactured. To find out more, visit http://bit.ly/CableGuide. AMI’s Cables 2013 conference will be held
in Cologne, Germany, on 5-7 March. For information about attending, sponsoring, exhibiting or speaking at the event, visit http://bit.ly/Cables2013.
16 COMPOUNDING WORLD | June 2012 The American version of this conference,
Polymers in Cables 2013, is being held in Miami, Florida, on 23-24 April. For information about attending, sponsoring, exhibiting or speaking at the event, visit http://bit.ly/USACables2013. A team led by Noru Tsalic, senior vice president
at AMI, is currently researching a multi-client study on the European wire and cable industry. Sched- uled for completion later this year, it will provide detailed analysis of market, technology, legislative and strategic trends. For more information, contact him at nt@amiplastics.com, Tel: +44 117 924 9442.
taken place in the UK market. In 2009, the Reflex Group acquired the British Allen Group to form Reflex & Allen, which supplies the automotive sector. In the same year, the Italian cable manufacturer Tratos completed its acquisition of UK-based North West Cables. ❙ www.amiplastics.com