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LS business reports 2 recent contracts for cable that will be sent to Denmark

LS Eco Energy (CEO Lee Sang-ho) announced two separate contracts that will see it provide cable to Denmark.

A press release said that one is for the company to supply high-voltage cables to Denmark for a North Sea wind farm project. The order, worth approximately $13 million, is for 220 kV underground cables for use in the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm, which was described as Denmark’s largest. It will be built 22 km from a North Sea port and is scheduled to be completed in 2027.

The second order was from Energinet, for extra-high voltage cables valued at approximately $30.5 million. Energinet is the Danish national transmission system operator for electricity and natural gas. It operates the 400 kV electricity transmission grid and the gas transmission grid.The company owns and operates also 132 kV and 150 kV power grids (Regionale Net) and the HVDC Great Belt Power Link.

LS Eco Energy, which started exporting cables to Denmark in 2017, has established itself as a leading supplier to the Danish high-voltage cable market along with LS Cable & System. LS Eco Energy was established by LS Cable & System in 1996 for the purpose of entering the domestic market in Vietnam. It has now established itself as a major export company of Vietnam, with exports to Europe and North America accounting for 30% of sales.

 “Demand for electric wires is rapidly increasing worldwide due to the construction of offshore wind farms, replacement of old power grids, and construction of data centers,” said LS Eco Energy CEO Lee Sang-ho

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Amphenol opens plant in Vietnam

Amphenol Corporation has officially opened a new plant in Vietnam that is expected to be at full operational capacity by the end of this month.

A press release said that Amphenol RF Vietnam Company, based in Ho Chi Minh City, is Amphenol’s fifth division investment. It also is expected to be a strong area, with a revenue target of $20 million by the end of next year “demonstrating their confidence in the Vietnamese market and their commitment to growth.”

Bill Callahan, group general manager - RF, Optics and Broadband Division at Amphenol, explained that the company invested in the new factory because it was impressed by the vibrant community. He lauded the work ethic and determination of the people there. “If you think back when we started five years ago, it was right before Covid, and so the inception was just then. Then Covid struck, and the team here found a way. Without the ability of people to travel from the United States or from anywhere ... the team found a way to make it happen. And that is just a memory that I will never forget.”

Amphenol, which reported 2023 sales of $12.6 billion, had some 95,000 employees at the end of last year.

LS business reports 2 recent contracts,

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U.S. subsidiary of Hellenic Cables intends to build a new cable plant in Maryland

A subsidiary of Hellenic Cables plans to build a new, cable manufacturing facility in Baltimore, Maryland, that will see an investment of some $300 million.

Per media reports, the subsidiary, Hellenic Cables Americas, will use the plant to manufacture underwater and underground cables for offshore wind and grid modernization applications. The project was estimated to cost about $300 million. Of note, the project is being bolstered by Hellenic Cables Americas successfully getting a transferable tax credit from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) up to $58 million for the project.

Hellenic Cables Americas plans to acquire a 38-acre waterfront property at Wagners Point in Baltimore once its ongoing due diligence process is completed, which could be as soon as this month.

News about the project came from Belgium’s Cenergy Holding, whose industrial portfolio includes Hellenic Cable and Corinth Pipeworks. Hellenic Cable is one of the largest cable producers in Europe, manufacturing power and telecom cables as well as submarine cables.

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Sumitomo named the preferred bidder for proposed Shetland 2 HVDC subsea cable

Japan’s Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI) and its subsea cable installation partner, Van Oord Offshore Wind UK (the Sumitomo Electric Van Oord Consortium) has been named the preferred bidder for the proposed Shetland 2 High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) link subsea cable for SSEN Transmission.

A press release said that independent electricity system operator, National Grid ESO, confirmed the need for a second HVDC link from Shetland to the main GB transmission system per “Beyond 2030,” its strategic network plan, “As well as helping enable the connection of three ScotWind offshore wind farm sites adjacent to Shetland, Shetland 2 will also support decarbonization and energy security ambitions, alongside helping further secure Shetland’s future electricity needs.”

Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway. SSEN Transmission is the trading name for Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission, which is responsible for the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland, maintaining and investing in the high voltage 132kV, 220kV, 275kV and 400kV electricity transmission network.

The Shetland 2 project helped SEI invest in its previously announced U.K. plant in Nigg. Construction of that high-voltage cable plant has begun, and it will have approximately 170 employees. “We now look forward to concluding contractual negotiations with the Sumitomo Electric Van Oord Consortium in the coming week and months,” said SSEN Managing Director Rob McDonald.

Scottish Government Energy Secretary Màiri McAllan said that the Scottish government is allocating up to £500 million to anchor the offshore wind supply-chain in Scotland to ensure our workforce, businesses and communities all benefit from the offshore renewables’ revolution. “This (latest) announcement gives us a further vote of confidence in that process and follows yesterday’s significant investment by the Scottish National Investment Bank in Ardersier Port. The Shetland 2 contract would underpin Sumitomo’s decision to locate its first European cable factory at Nigg and support hundreds of jobs in the Highlands.”

Contractual negotiations with SVOC will continue in advance of entering into Capacity Reservation Agreements and thereafter, Contract Award status for the Shetland 2 scheme later this year. In parallel, SSEN Transmission awaits the GB energy regulator, Ofgem, to conclude the development of the regulatory framework for Shetland 2 and other ‘Beyond 2030’ investments, with a decision on this expected shortly after.

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LS Cable & System reports plan to build U.S. submarine cable plant, gets big tax credits

LS GreenLink, a subsidiary of South Korea’s LS Cable & System Ltd. (LS C&S), plans to build a plant to make high-voltage submarine power cables in the U.S., a project that it notes is a part of a long-term strategic plan for global expansion.

A press release did not cite specific details about the size of the plant or the number of employees, but it did note that only one European company now operates a submarine cable factory in the U.S. LS C&S said that it “anticipates leveraging its early entry into the U.S. market to gain a significant competitive advantage while exploring opportunities to build submarine cable plants in Europe and Vietnam as well as in the United States.”

LS Green Link will get a substantial investment tax credit from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) as it has qualified for $99,060,000 in investment tax credits under Section 48C of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. That support will help LS GreenLink “meet the global surge in demand for submarine cables and alleviate the significant supply chain problems in the offshore wind industry in the United States,” said Daniel Ko, who heads LS C&S’s Global Submarine Cable System Division.

LS C&S has over 6,450 employees and 35 subsidiaries in 17 countries. It reported that it is in “the final stages of reviewing the site and the scale of investment for its U.S. high-voltage submarine power cable factory.”

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New England Chapter to return to Meriden for a plant tour on Nov. 7

The New England Chapter will hold an educational event that includes a Nov. 7 plant tour of Accel International’s wire drawing plant in Meriden, Connecticut, followed by a networking dinner in the surrounding area.

More details will follow, but from the “small world” files, this is not the first time that the New England Chapter has held such an event. In 2022, at a different plant located in Meriden—RFS Technologies, now owned by Amphenol—the plant tour followed by a networking dinner proved to be quite successful. That tour saw some 50 chapter members and guests see up close the operations of RFS, a global designer and manufacturer of total-package solutions for wireless and broadcast infrastructure. The tour started with a half-hour presentation on the markets that the company serves, followed by the tour, and then by dinner at a waterfront restaurant.

Accel International, Inc., manufactures silver and nickel plated, tin plated copper and copper alloys for the wire and cable market, serving markets such as aerospace, medical, telecommunications and industrial markets.

More details will follow about the event in future issues.

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Ohio Valley Chapter names 3rd speaker: his topic may be a m-u-s-t for golfers

Ohio Valley Chapter (OVC) has a third confirmed speaker for their golf tournament & educational event to be held Aug. 22 at Kensington Golf Club in Canfield, Ohio, and it’s hard to think of one that will draw more attention.

Steve Lebischak of Polara Golf will be discussing the process of developing their scientifically driven, self-correcting golf ball technology. Go to the Polaris website and what words do you see? “Flies straight -- guaranteed.” Is this a golfer’s dream come true? It may or may not work, but it feels as if there is plenty of incentive for golfing enthusiasts to want to attend this OVC presentation. You can find out more about this at
www.polaragolf.com.

As noted above, the OHV event will again couple the golf outing with an educational seminar, where guest speakers speak on current topics and trends in the manufacturing industry. The combination has proved to be quite popular, as golfers have their day, but the educational program offers another dimension.

Joining Lebischak will be scheduled speakers Dave Brambert of Fifth Wire Manufacturing, and Tim Moury and Marco Degasperi of Vericheck

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Southeast Chapter sets date of Oct. 10 for its golf tournament in North Carolina

It’s never too early for a golfer to plan a tournament, so it’s time for members of WAI’s Southeast Chapter to get out their minders to mark in bold letters that the annual golf tournament will be held Oct. 10.

The chapter will return to the Rock Barn Country Club & Spa in Conover, North Carolina. Last year, a total of 83 players took part at the Sept. 12 event, called the Vannais Outing in memory of the late Stephen Vannais, a founding member and president of the chapter. The 2023 winning team was Travis Card, William Godwin, Andrew Godwin and Paul Godwin, all of Technical Development Corp., who finished 14 under par.

Who will win this year? All that is known for sure is that you can’t win if you aren’t there, so again, set aside Oct. 10. Start hitting a few baskets. Golf destiny may await.

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WAI issues a Call for Papers for not 1 but 2 events to be held in Atlanta in 2025

The Wire Association International is seeking presentations for its return to the Georgia World Congress Center in 2025 for both Interwire as well as what will be the fourth staging of the Global Continuous Casting Forum (GCCF) to be held May 12-15, 2025.

Interwire is held every other year whereas the GCCF was on a four-year schedule (2011, 2015 and 2019) prior to Covid. Presenters are needed for both events.

Chris Tucker, Encore Wire, will head the GCCF organizing committee. He will be joined by Richard Baker, Cableforce Consulting; Kurt Breischaft, SDI LaFarga COPPERWORKS; John Hugens, Hugens Metallurgy & Combustion; Martin Lecours, Rio Tinto; Giuseppe Marcantoni, Properzi International; Juan Sanchez, Freeport McMoran; Janusz Sekunda, Prysmian; Patrick Slaughter, Southwire; Robert White, Hazelett; and Florin Teglas, Nexans.

Suggested topics for the 2025 event include: casting technologies, electrical energy, global copper and aluminum markets, cost-saving opportunities, filtration concepts, molten metal, combustion systems, furnaces, degassing, metal flow, refractories, aluminum and copper alloys and sustainability. The submission date is Oct. 2, and questions can be sent to WAI’s John Markowski at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Presentations for Interwire are also being sought. The organizing team is being led by Conference Co-Chairmen WAI President Daniel Blais and Eric Biebrerich. Preferred topics for Interwire will include topics that address key industry needs. Future articles will address the specific topics. At this point, companies are welcome to suggest presentations for the committee to consider. Those also can be sent to WAI’s John Markowski at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

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WAI to join industry groups putting on Wire & Cable Krakow 2025 in Poland

The Wire Association International will once again partner with two other industry associations—IWMA and ACIMAF—to hold Wire & Cable Krakow. The one day event will be held on Oct. 14, 2025, at the Holiday Inn Krakow City Centre.

In addition to the three industry associations, Wire & Cable Krakow has the support of the University of Science and Technology (AGH) and Czestochowa Technical University (CTU).

The Conference Committee includes Don Neville, RichardsApex Europe, Ltd., IWMA; Ferrucio Bellina, TKT Group, ACIMAF; Eric Bieberich, Fort Wayne Wire Die; Jessica Bennett, IWMA; Dr. Beata Smyrak, Prof. Tadeusz Knych; both of AGH University, Poland Chapter; and Steve Fetteroll, WAI.

While planning for the event continues, the format will be similar to that for Wire & Cable Milan in 2023, which got very good reviews. Wire & Cable Krakow will have an electrical and a nonferrous track, each with up to 12 slots that will last 20 minutes. Look for more information to follow in future issues.

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