General Cable has announced that its subsidiary Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW), in collaboration with the company Fujitsu, has been awarded a long-haul submarine fibre optic communications link project in Indonesia. 

 The project, called JaKa2LaDeMa, was awarded by PT TELEKOMUNIKASI INDONESIA, Tbk (PT TELCOM) and is the first high-bandwidth optical-fiber submarine cable system for the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan and Sulawesi, as well as Java, Bali and Lombok. The cable system was awarded on a turnkey basis and is valued at over $100 million. Fujitsu will provide state of the art terminal equipment, repeaters, branching unit system integration and associated services, while NSW will manufacture the cable and provide other required services, such as site survey, marine installation and civil works. The value of the project to be recognized by NSW is approximately $80 million and is expect to be completed in the first quarter of 2010.

General Cable acquired NSW in April 2007 and began an investment program to expand the capability of the facility to include submarine power cables and repeatered submarine communications cable. NSW is located on a tributary of the North Sea, with its own deep-sea pier. With the investment program nearly complete, NSW is well positioned to address all aspects of submarine cable needs for the expanding communications, offshore wind farm and energy exploration markets.

 About General Cable 

General Cable Corporation is a world leader in the manufacture of cables. It has modern production facilities all over the world, based in three geographical regions (North America, Europe and North Africa, and the rest of the world), and provides direct employment to over 13,000 people. General Cable is a historical company in the sector with a hundred-year tradition and, through its business plays a crucial role in the progress of society and in improving people’s quality of life.

It has a very comprehensive range of cables that include energy and telecommunications cables, electricity cables, and cables for construction, data transmission, instrumentation and control, and special purpose and high-voltage cables. General Cable’s philosophy is based on a series of basic principles: corporate responsibility in relations with customers, suppliers and employees; a total commitment to respecting the environment; a pledge to innovation; and the concept “One company connecting the world”, which summarises its capacity as a sole supplier able to meet the needs of its customers, wherever they are, anywhere in the world.  

Company activities in Europe are centralised through General Cable Europe and North Africa, which has a workforce of nearly 5,000 and production plants in Abrera, Montcada and Manlleu (all three of which are in the province of Barcelona), Vitoria (Alava), Montereau (France), Nordemham (Germany), Morelena (Portugal), Biskra (Algeria) and Luanda (Angola). For further information: http://www.generalcable.es/