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80 kilometres of Firetufplus cable installed at O2 arena
(03/06/2008)

O2, which is owned and operated by AEG [Anschutz Entertainment Group], is being heralded as "Europe's finest indoor music and sports venue". Described by AEG as “a city-within-a-city”, the O2 arena is surrounded by an entertainment district that will open to all, night and day. This comprises a number of leisure attractions, including an 11-screen cinema, exhibition space, an indigo music club, restaurants, bars and cafés, all lining an avenue as wide and long as Bond Street. Draka has play... [more]

Firetufplus fire performance cable protects The O2
(17/07/2007)

The Millennium Dome reopens this month as "The 02". The 02 Arena will be home to a 30,000 seater sports and music stadium, a 2000 seater live music club, 11 screen cinemas, shops, restaurants and bars. Since March 2006, the site has been undergoing a total refurbishment programme. In the usual situation for a major construction, cranes were unable to fit under the existing structure. As such, the roof had to be constructed at ground level and lifted by 16 computer controlled 'strand jacks... [more]

Draka Firetufplus cable chosen for synchrotron
(10/01/2007)

Draka’s Firetufplus enhanced circuit-integrity cable has been chosen for one of Europe’s most impressive high-technology research centres, the new £60 million Diamond Light Source scientific facility currently being built in South Oxfordshire on the Harwell Chilton science campus. A giant machine, called a synchrotron and described as “super microscopes”, is housed in the futuristic doughnut shaped building that covers an area equivalent to five football pitches. The Diamond Synchrotron is ... [more]

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