But it’s here that the Italian cablemaker has set up one of three manufacturing hubs as part of a major investment plan targeting the 20,000km of high-voltage power lines expected to be laid off Europe by the end of the decade, a market worth €2-3bn ($2.3-3.4bn).

Offshore wind has changed the name of the game for Prysmian.

The Milan-headquartered company’s forebears reeled out thousands of kilometres of seabed telegraph lines in the early 1900s, linking communications networks in Europe, Africa and North and South America.

Now,