NEW ILKESTON TRADE SHOWROOM

ERF ILKESTON LAUNCH WEEK
12th - 16th JULY

Ilkeston branch has recently had a complete face lift of the trade counter and sales office.

Expanding the original counter area into a modern wholesaler showroom gives our customers the opportunity to browse and self select product from all product groups. Equipped with a fully functional refreshment bar and literature corner. The new sales area at Ilkeston has a launch week in July and the team look forward to welcoming all prospective customers with offers and prizes galore. For more details call 01159 306 858.

Pictured left to right: Michael Simms, Prysmian Director of Energy and Telecom Cables, Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat Leader, Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Phil Brown, Prysmian Director of HR

APPROVED CABLES INITIATIVE

Prysmian is a founding member and spearhead of the Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) launched in March this year. Prysmian has long recognised that the existence of non-approved and fake cables is an important issue for the electrical industry, one that creates major risks for all concerned.

On different occasions, Prysmian and other cable manufacturers have been contacted by installers, clients and wholesalers worried they may have unwittingly taken delivery of sub-standard or fake cable products. These suspicious products have then been collected and distributed amongst Prysmian and other ACI members for rigorous lab testing.

As a result, it has been discovered that the manufacturers of these sub-standard and fake cables cut corners and costs in different ways, including producing under sized conductors and using copper clad aluminium and PVC instead of Insudite or fire resistant insulation.

The consequences of installing such cables can be severe. If the conductor overheats during use, the insulation and sheath fall apart and can then catch fire. One particularly bad cable tested claimed to pass the three hour fire test. In actual fact it barely got to one minute before total failure! It is precisely these types of products the ACI has been set up to reduce and eliminate. The ACI aims are clear; to communicate, educate and raise awareness of unsafe, non-approved and fake cables in the UK. Prysmian and the ACI’s efforts are fully focused on eliminating these risks and providing the marketplace with products that perform as intended in their applications.

These aims have gained support from many quarters, including Government. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne and MP for Wrexham Ian Lucas all took time out from their busy pre-election campaigning to support the ACI by visiting Prysmian plants in Wrexham and Eastleigh.

COMPETITION WINNERS

Congratulations to all the winners of a Question of Football from last edition, each winning an England Shirt. The five lucky winners are:

Yunus Mussa (YME Limited), Faye Holmes (Deacon Electrical), Aaron Kurzeja (Red Electrical), Lee Elliot (Powertec Electrical) and Matt Hallam (Derry Building Services).

ERF CHEER ON ENGLAND!

With a big screen, free beer and a hog roast, Cannock, Wolverhampton and Nuneaton customers joined with the branch teams to cheer England through the group stage of the 2010 World Cup.

With everyone proudly wearing their ERF shirts the pressures of work were put to one side and the finger nail biting experience of watching the team began. All together now - Come on England!!