Industry News
WAG: Wrexham Mineral Cables, the only company in the UK making specialist electric cables capable of withstanding more than 1000º C has signed a ‘red hot export deal’ to supply the Middle East. It is the company’s first major export to the region and the £250,000 order is the first of 4 run-on contracts they hope to secure over the next 12 months worth £1m in total. The company is being supported by the Welsh Assembly Government in making inroads into these new markets.
Wrexham Mineral Cables is the only company in the UK manufacturing these highly specialised fire survival cables and one of only a handful worldwide. The mineral insulated cables provide circuit integrity for power & control circuits of critical equipment used in public buildings. Their cables are the only mineral cables made in the world to carry accreditation from the British Approvals Service for cables (BASEC).
Press release ~ Wrexham Mineral Cables ~ WAG: Business and economy ~ British Approvals Service for cables (BASEC)
OS: Ordnance Survey has launched OS OpenData, an online portal providing free & unrestricted access to a large range of mapping & geographic information (GI). It allows users to:
* download the information for free reuse direct to their computers
* view maps & boundary information for the whole country
* develop web-map applications using Ordnance Survey’s OS OpenSpace API (Application Programming Interface)
The launch follows the announcement by the Prime Minister on 17 November 2009 that some Ordnance Survey mapping would be made freely available as part of the ‘Making Public Data Public’ initiative.
OS OpenData, which is being funded by government, is made up of a range of raster & vector mapping datasets. These include the detailed 1:10 000 scale OS Street View, Boundary-Line, which provides the electoral & administrative geography of the country, and Meridian 2 and Strategi, which offer customisable views of Britain’s topography.
