Leading player in cable industry
The Prysmian Group, a global business, headquartered in Milan, Italy, is a world leader in the high-tech energy and telecom cables and systems industry.
Prysmian is listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, in the Blue Chip index, and had sales of some 7 billion euro ($11.4 billion) (pro-forma 2010 Prysmian/Draka), with 22,000 employees in 50 countries, and 98 plants.
It has a strong position in the high-tech markets and provides the widest range of products, services, technologies and know-how in all of the following market segments: underground and submarine cable; systems for power transmission and distribution; special cables for diverse industrial applications; cable and wire for the construction industry; optical fiber, fiber optic and copper cables; and connectivity systems for telecommunications and data communications.