Product category: Cables and Wires
News Release from: Belden CDT
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 13 June 2002
Madrid airport orders structured cabling
NORDX/CDT has received an initial order from Madrid Barajas Airport worth approximately $3 million.
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NORDX/CDT has received an initial order from Madrid Barajas Airport worth approximately $3 million. Under the contract NORDX/CDT will provide the airport with its patented IBDN structured cabling systems that includes complete fibre and copper gigabit solutions. Madrid Barajas Airport is developing into a major hub with worldwide connections and is the foremost European airport with links to Central and South America.
Conveniently located nine miles from the centre of Madrid, the airport handles more than 25 million passengers a year, a figure expected to almost double by 2010.
Normand Bourque, NORDX/CDT President commented, "We are very pleased to be working with a top-notch organisation such as the Madrid Barajas Airport.
This relationship is indicative of our commitment to provide value-added solutions to our customers and underscores the continued acceptance of our comprehensive gigabit system products".
Emilio Prado, Madrid Barajas Airport's Communications, Project Manager noted that, "For us it is a great opportunity to be using NORDX/CDT's IBDN structured cabling systems and test its level of reliability.
Throughout the selection process we were impressed with the high level of engineering that went into developing the IBDN gigabit".
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