Cables of Turkey’s mega projects are from Prysmian Kablo!

Turk Prysmian Kablo continues to contribute to domestic and value-added production by giving life with its cables and solutions to Göbeklitepe and city hospitals as well as Turkey’s mega projects such as Istanbul Airport, Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, Osmangazi Bridge, Marmaray, Ilgaz Tunnel and Eurasia Tunnel. With its mission “Linking Turkey to the Future”, the company undertakes the supply of cables for major projects and can produce 22 thousand different cables at its factory in Mudanya, Bursa.

In Turkey, one of 50 countries where the world leader Prysmian Group operates, Turk Prysmian Kablo has been producing millions of km of cables for 55 years and continued also its efforts in 2019 as the most preferred solution partner for mega projects. Being “the most spending company of the Turkish cable industry for R&D” according to the R&D Report 2018 prepared by Turkishtime, the company develops innovative, competitive, high performance solutions tailored to demanding geography, environment and conditions of use in energy and telecommunication cables in its factory in Mudanya, Bursa and also contributes to the development of many industries in Turkey.

“We support Turkey's industrialization process”

Stating that they have been supporting Turkey’s industrialization process as the solution partner of prestigious projects since 1964, Cinzia Farisè, CEO of Turk Prysmian Kablo evaluated the mega projects which they implemented in 2019; “We are linking Turkey to the Future through the cables and solutions we’re producing with our half century experience and competency. Also, in 2019, with our cables and solutions we gave life to Turkey’s mega projects such as Istanbul Airport, Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, Osmangazi Bridge, Marmaray, Ilgaz Tunnel and Eurasia Tunnel as well as major projects of health sector. We took part in city hospital projects like Eskişehir, Ankara Bilkent which is the 3rd hospital of the world in terms of inpatient bed availability, Tekirdağ and Bursa. We gave life to Gaziantep Panorama Museum with our C-class cables that are compatible with CPR (Construction Product Regulation). In addition, we undertook the supply of cables for Göbeklitepe in Şanlıurfa, which was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List with its 12 thousand-year history and ensured fast and secure energy communication.

“Turkey outstands with its potential in world cable market”

Farisè says that the cable market continues to grow in line with the evolving needs and demands and states that a large part of the production of the cable world started to shift towards developing countries and Turkey stands out among these countries; and added “Our annual cable export figure is around 2 billion dollars and about 40% of the cables are exported. Due to the geographical position of our country and its proximity to Europe, Africa and Middle East countries, it is obvious how important Turkish cable sector is in the region. The technology that cable manufacturers in our country have access can compete with other manufacturers in the world and is even more advanced than many developed countries. As Turk Prysmian Kablo, we lead innovation and development in the cable industry with the cables and solutions we produce, while continuing our investments on new environmentally friendly products and systems. At our factory in Mudanya, we can produce high-performance fiber optic cables used in underground, aerial and special implementations and we are happy that the new generation cables which we design inspire dynamic industries such as communication and telecommunication.”

“In Mudanya, both telecom and energy cables are produced”

Turk Prysmian Kablo's factory in Mudanya is considered as an excellence centre in the field of telecom cables within Prysmian Group and stands out as one of the 16 factories which is capable of producing both energy and telecom cables at the same time. Turk Prysmian Kablo can produce 22 thousand different cables in its 180 thousand square meter factory in Mudanya. Its production range includes all energy cables up to 220 kV, copper conducted communication cables up to 3600 duals with fiber optic cables, fiber optic cables and special cables used in industrial applications.