Italian cabling giant Prysmian has expanded of its UK production facility in Wrexham, England, to manufacture both 33kV and high voltage (HV) 66kV cabling for offshore wind farms, in a move positioning itself for the mushrooming inter-array line market off Europe.

The factory, which is the only site in Britain capable of manufacturing HV cable cores, adds to the Milan-headquartered company’s portfolio of facilities providing cable installation and test services in the UK.