Turnover: 16 billion EUR (2022)

Country: Italy

Prysmian Group is an Italian multinational established in 2005, following the sale of Pirelli Cavi, a subsidiary of Pirelli, to Goldman Sachs.

With 56 industrial sites worldwide, the company is the undisputed market leader in electrical and telecommunications cables.

In France, this behemoth produces 25 million kilometers of glass reforms per year, an essential component of optical fiber (see section 4. Offer analysis).

News

Draka Comteq, a Prysmian subsidiary, closes its Calais site 25/11/2023

  • The Draka Comteq plant in Calais employs 82 people.
  • The closure of the plant was announced on November 20.
  • The plant's activity has decreased by 20% per year since 2022.
  • Another Prysmian entity in Douvrin (Pas-de-Calais) employs over 350 people.
  • The Prysmian group has over 50 countries, 112 operating sites and 29,000 employees.
  • Prysmian Group sales exceed 11 billion euros.

The cable industry weakened by rising energy and raw material costs 11/08/2023

  • There are some fifteen cable manufacturers in France.
  • These manufacturers operate some fifty plants across the country.
  • The sector employs some 7,000 people in France.
  • Sales by Sycabel members have risen by 10% to reach 3.8 billion euros in 2022.
  • Excluding submarine cables, sales are up by 3%.
  • Energy and raw materials account for up to 80% of cable production costs.
  • Business in fiber optic cables is expected to decline by 20% in 2022, due to the slowdown in the roll-out of very high-speed broadband.
  • France is capable of supplying all the country's cable needs, and exports a third of its production.

Prysmian doubles its production capacity for recyclable cables in the Yonne region of France 20/06/2023

  • Sharp increase in transmission and interconnection requirements.
  • Production capacity: Doubled for the new P-laser ecological cable.
  • Investment: 61 million euros
  • Prysmian World leader in the manufacture of cables and systems for energy and telecommunications
  • Prysmian Group figures :
    • 108 industrial sites (including 10 in France)
    • 30,000 employees
    • Sales of 16 billion euros by 2022 .

Prysmian Group recently acquired Silec Cable, via the takeover of General Cable, giving it two of the three fiber optic production plants in France.

Studies mentioning this company

The fibre optic market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Prysmian Group
  • Acome
  • Silec Cable (groupe Prysmian)
  • Orange Groupe
  • SFR Business
  • Bouygues Groupe
  • Free (Iliad)
  • Covage (Altitude groupe)
  • Altitude Infra
  • Axione
  • Jenoptec
  • Nordnet (Orange Groupe)
  • Vialis
  • Ozone
  • Sewan
  • Coriolis Telecom
  • Adista - Inherent
  • Netalis
  • Celeste Telecom
  • Keyyo
  • K Net
  • TDF Infrastructures
  • Verre Fluoré
  • Altitude Infra
  • Deepomatic
  • Ecouter Voir
  • A X E I S 42 (Axeis)
  • Aep Electronique
  • Agilink Cables (Sipd)
  • Agilink Microwires
  • Alcatel Submarine Networks
  • Ancelin
  • Atelier De Cablage Distribution Concept (Acdc)
  • Ateliers Sous Traitance Du Comminges
  • Auxel
  • Avielec
  • Axon Cable
  • Azur Travaux
  • Bbf Réseaux
  • Biasini Sae
  • Boiron
  • Byon
  • C2E
  • C2F
  • Cableries Lapp
  • Cables For Global Performance
  • Cablospeed
  • Carrier Kheops Bac
  • Cassagne Electricité Et Travaux
  • Catesis
  • Caum
  • Cegelec Réseaux Auvergne Drôme Ardèche
  • Cegelec Rodez
  • Centre Electrique Ets (Cee)
  • Cepeca
  • Champagne Travaux Publics (Ctp)
  • Cirma Entreprise
  • Connecteurs Electriques Deutsch
  • Cooperative Industrielle De Travaux Electriques (Citel)
  • Copland Sa Scop
  • Coreba (Cooperative De Reseaux Electriques Du)
  • Corning Pouyet
  • Cteam Lignes Aériennes
  • Darlavoix
  • Debelec
  • Delaire Sdel
  • Draka Comteq France
  • Draka Fileca
  • Dubost Réseaux Travaux Publics (Drtp)
  • Ecee Fb
  • Egev
  • Eiffage Energie Ferroviaire (Ees - Tf)
  • Eiffage Energie Systèmes Réseaux & Solutions (Ees - R&So)
  • Eitf (Electr Industr Et Trpt Force)
  • Electraline Cbb
  • Electricité Noël Béranger
  • Electro Shunt Industrie
  • Elitel Réseaux
  • Engelvin Tp Reseaux
  • Etablissements Deletre
  • Ets Barde Sud Ouest (Bso)
  • Ets De Réseaux Sarthe Et Maine (Ers Maine)
  • Ets E Cagna
  • Ets Guy Pattyn
  • Ets Travesset
  • Ets Vezie
  • Fgc
  • Firalp
  • Fm Projet
  • Gabrielle
  • Garczynski Traploir Cornouaille
  • Garczynski Traploir Vendée
  • Garczynski Traploir Yvetot
  • Gasquet Ets
  • Gatel
  • Getelec Guyane
  • Giammatteo Réseaux
  • Gramari
  • Groupe Marais
  • Groupement Electrique Force Travaux Publics (Geftp)
  • Gtca
  • Gtie Armorique
  • Gtie Cap Infras
  • Habia Cable
  • Haefeli
  • Hautes Pyrénées Numérique
  • Helcom
  • Inabensa France
  • Incrément
  • Inelfe
  • Ineo Rail
  • Kit Electric
  • Mersen France Angers
  • Philippe Et Fils
  • Potain Tp
  • Preflex France
  • Preformed Line Products (France)
  • Proef France
  • Provelec Sud
  • Prysmian Cables Et Systemes France
  • Safran Electrical & Power
  • Santerne Camargue
  • Schlumberger Vector
  • Scie Puy De Dôme
  • Scie Tht
  • Sdel Câbles Et Autoroutes
  • Sdel Massif Central
  • Sdel Réseaux Aquitaine
  • Sdel Travaux Extérieurs Ile De France
  • Serfim Tic
  • Serpollet Centre Est
  • Serpollet Dauphine
  • Serpollet Savoie Mont Blanc
  • Serradori Cie (Ent Gen Travaux Electrique Serradori Cie)
  • Silec Cable
  • Simep
  • Sits (Sté Install Telephon Signalisation)
  • Smee (Sté Maconnaise D'Entreprise Electrique (Smee))
  • Socalec (Sté De Construction, De Canalisations Et De Lignes Electriques Socalec)
  • Sogetralec
  • Somelec
  • Sopelec Réseaux
  • Sorrelec
  • Souriau
  • Spie Batignolles Energie Souchon (Sbe - Souchon)
  • Spie Thepault
  • Sté Bressane De Travaux Publics (Sbtp)
  • Sté Champardennaise D'Entreprises Electriques (Scee)
  • Sté Construction Et Entretien Réseaux (Cer)
  • Sté Des Travaux De L'Ouest (S A T O)
  • Sté Installations Electriques
  • Sté Languedocienne D'Aménagements (Sla)
  • Sté Nouvelle Iseroise
  • Staubli Electrical Connectors
  • Team Réseaux
  • Technitrace
  • Thermocoax
  • Torns Sofilec
  • Tyco Electronics France
  • Tyco Electronics Simel
  • Xeilom
The fiber optic market - Italy

Other companies mentioned:

  • Vodafone
  • Fastweb
  • ILIAD
  • Prysmian Group
The copper market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • BHP Billiton
  • Aurubis (Richmond)
  • Nexans groupe
  • Silec Cable (groupe Prysmian)
  • Reynolds Cuivre France
  • Prysmian Group
  • Lebronze alloys
  • Nyrstar