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SILON Strategic Focus: Cable Compounds

Wire & Cable are an essential part of today’s digitally-enriched life and the healthy growth of this segment is a profound indicator of an economy’s overall condition. The current turnover in the W&C sector in Europe is nearly EUR 2.3 B with a total of 1.369 MT of compound consumption. W&C demand will increase to 1.606 MT in 2021, which results in 3.3 % p.a. growth in the most probable scenario. The long-term trends in fire retardancy and the new safety regulations (CPR; No 305/2011) further support the current demand for LSF0H/HFFR cables, which has seen the strongest growth in recent years. Therefore, growth expectancy in this segment could be almost 10.1 % p.a. and could remain that strong until 2021. The XLPE business segment also profits from high investment in power cables for electricity networks and constructions, and will show further growth of about 6.3 % p.a. up to 2021 1 .

SILON is well established and known as an innovative company, a leader in the fi eld of high-grade PEX-b materials for safety pipes in Europe, which has been the major focus of production in recent years. SILON produces more than 100 kT of prod ucts every year, which are shipped all over the world. Our current aim is to strengthen the cable business by selling unique prod ucts supported by high-end technology and know-how that cover solutions for key low voltage cable applications: Transport, Renewable, Industrial and Construction. SILON off ers a product portfolio cover ing these segments and is open for tailor made solutions and R&D partnerships es pecially in the following areas: insulation, jacketing, thermal-conductive, TPO HFFR and PEX-b HFFR compounds. Our Insulation compounds are designed based on a process involving cross-linkable polyethylene by Sioplass using peroxide and silane as a cross-linking agent. The ad vantages of silane-based PEX-b insulation compounds are their excellent insulation properties (volume resistivity > 1.3.1016 Ω.cm at 90 °C) and ease of processing on cable extrusion lines, which makes them more suited in W&C than peroxide-based compounds. These compounds comply with the following standards: IEC 60502-1 XLPE; IEC 60092-351 HF XLPE; CEI 18-16/351; VDE 0276 2XI1; HD 604 2XI1, TÜV PV 1-F, EN 50618, IEC 60811. Our insulation com pounds portfolio also includes thermo plastic HFFR compounds, as well as si lane-based PEX-b HFFR compounds, which

fulfi l VDE 0207/23 HJ2; IEC 60502-1 type ST 8, IEC 60092-359 SHF2 and also fl exible PEX-b HFFR compounds used for under the-hood applications according ISO 6722. Silon can off er thermoplastic jacket com pounds with a thermal endurance of up to 70 °C, 90 °C according to VDE 0207/24 HM2 and HM4 - B2ca - Dca EN 50575 and PEX-b HFFR jacket compounds for photovoltaic applications in accordance with EN 50618. SILON’s activities are strongly supported through investment in R&D, production technologies and eff ective services. Our technical experts can assist in choosing the best product for your specifi cation needs and our research laboratory can provide technical assistance in charac terising your process needs. To boost its competencies, SILON made signifi cant investments into the high-end Buss tech nology ready for customer by the end of June 2018. With the new technology, SI LON believes to be the preferable partner for tailor-made solutions. For more detailed information about our product portfolio and our current cable de velopment programme visit our microsite: www.silon-cablecompounds.eu or you can contact our Strategic Sales Manager for TABOREX C directly: Detlef Lange: lange@silon.eu

MICHAL ČERMÁK, DETLEF LANGE, DIRK HAASE

1 AMI Consulting report, “Polymeric Materials in The European Cable Industry 2017,” Strateg. Consult. to Glob. Plast. Ind., vol. 4, p. 224, 2017.