Special Feature

2 Contributing on a Global Scalewith Furukawa Electric Group’s
Infrastructure Businessand Green Products

Furukawa Electric contributes to global
society by leveraging the technologicalstrengths it has developed over manyyears, making its environmental
efforts, and by providing a lineup ofunique products in such regions asJapan, Europe, the USA, and Asia.

The United
Kingdom
The recycled plastic cable trough:Green Trough®
Green Trough is a cable trough made fromrecycled plastic made mostly from waste
plastic. At only around 1/4th the weightof concrete products, Green Trough canhelp reduce work/construction periods.
It offers excellent resistance to weatherand corrosion. Recently, Green Troughwas officially selected for a railway
improvement project in the United
Kingdom—the birthplace of commercialrailway. The product continues to attract
attention even from outside of Japan as agreen product that can help contribute toa recycle-based society.

Vietnam
Aluminum wire harnesses

Green TroughRussiaThe use of aluminum wire harnesses has
been attracting attention as manufacturers
continue to make automobiles lighter—anddue to the recent depletion and increasing
costs of copper resources. Furukawa ElectricGroup has successfully developed the " αTerminal Series" of terminals, which offer
the corrosion resistance that is so crucial toswitching over to aluminum wire harnesses.

Expanded production of optical fiber cables

Production plant

OFS Russia (Voronezh, Russian Federation) will double its production capacity
for optical fiber cables in order to provide products within Russia and to strong
European markets.

Hiratsuka Works

Production plant

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OFS Russia

CanadaOPGW (optical ground wire)
In recognition of the high quality of Furukawa
Electric OPGW products, over 1,000 km ofsuch wire was installed as part of a powertransmission project between a hydroelectric
plant and substation located amid cold
environment conditions in the Newfoundlandand Labrador Province in Canada. Furukawa
Electric Group will continue to seek andmeet power transmission infrastructure
improvement demands.

OPGW

Production plantSuzhou Furukawa Power Optic Cable
Co., Ltd.

USAURD cable(underground distribution cable)

Furukawa Electric Group ships 35 kV URD cablefrom its production site in China in responseto the healthy demand for renewable energy
projects in the USA. Since beginning in 2013,
a cumulative total of over 2,800 km has been
shipped.

URD cable

Production plantPeru

Shenyang Furukawa Cable Co., Ltd.

OPGW (optical ground wire)
Aluminum wire harnesses

As investment in power infrastructures grows steadily
in developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin
America, Furukawa Electric Group has provided 980 kmof OPGW (along with accessories) in the 500 kV powerline segment. The advanced technological strength of
the Furukawa Electric Group is highly regarded due toits ability to support routes even in severe conditions—such as the steep terrain found in Peru.
OPGW

Production plant

Furukawa Automotive Parts(Vietnam) Inc.

Production plantSuzhou Furukawa Power Optic Cable
Co., Ltd.

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