Prysmian Announces CasalightTM Plus – An Enhanced Performance Bend Insensitive Optical Fibre

Milan, May 13th, 2008 – Following the launch last year of CasaLightTM, the ITU G657 compliant bend insensitive fibre, Prysmian announces the arrival of CasaLightTM Plus, an enhanced performance design which further reduces the minimum working bend radius, exceeding the recommendations of G657.B

Thus whilst CasaLightTM maintains its role as Prysmian’s standard fibre choice for FTTH applications, the availability of CasaLightTM Plus for extreme bend applications further strengthens Prysmian’s overall system offering

CasaLightTM Plus maintains its full compliance with standard equipment, connectors and fibre already installed in accordance with ITU Recommendation G 652.

Furthermore Prysmian has maintained its commitment to the environment with a fluorine free production process for CasaLightTM Plus as with all of its other fibre products.

CasaLightTM Plus optical fibre is now fully available in all of Prysmian’s extensive range of FTTH cable products ensuring maximum levels of performance under the most demanding of installation scenarios.

PRYSMIAN

A leading player in the industry of high-technology cables and systems for energy and telecommunication, the Prysmian Group is a truly global company with sales exceeding 5 billion euro in 2006 and a strong position in higher-added value market segments. With its two businesses, Energy Cables & Systems (submarine and underground cables for power transmission and distribution, for industrial applications and for the distribution of electricity to residential and commercial buildings) and Telecom Cables & Systems (optical cables and fibres and copper cables for video, data and voice transmission), Prysmian boasts a global presence with subsidiaries in 36 countries, 54 plants in 21 countries, 7 Research & Development Centres in Europe, USA and South America, and over 12,000 employees. Specialising in the development of products and systems designed to meet clients’ specific requirements, Prysmian’s key strengths include: a focus on Research & Development, the capacity to innovative on products and production processes, and the use of advanced proprietary technologies. Prysmian is listed on the Milan Stock Exchange Blue Chip index.

For further information:
Communication Department – Press Office
Lorenzo Caruso, tel +39 02 6449 51534, email: lorenzo.caruso {at} prysmian(.)com

Marketing Department
Richard Thomas tel, +39 02 6449 7939, email: richard.thomas {at} prysmian(.)com