Prysmian publishes environmental report

ERJ staff report (DS)

Milan, Italy -- Cable maker Prysimian has published its three-year environmental report. The report analyses the most recent three years data and highlights significant results in the improvement of the environmental impact of the industrial activities, mainly in relation to decreasing consumption of energy, water and solvents, and garbage disposal.

In 2009 the overall electricity consumption of the Group's energy cables factories declined compared to 2007, from approximately 3.3 million Gigajoule per tonne of product to approximately 2.9 million. In the same period the solvent consumption in the telecom cables activities decreased from 1.07 kilogram per tonne of product to 1.02. Also the water consumption dropped: in the energy cables it shifted from 8.4 cubic meter per tonne of product to 7.2.

Prysmian Group reported sales in excess of euro 3.7 billion in 2009. With its two businesses, Energy Cables & Systems(submarine and underground cables for power transmission and distribution, for industrial applications and for the distribution of electricity to residential and commercial buildings) and Telecom Cables & Systems (optical cables and fibres and copper cables for video, data and voice transmission),

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Press release from Prysimian