A mortar made from recycled plastic and silica aerogel which improves insulation and reduces plastic waste has been developed.

Trilantic Europe has acquired Axicom, a manufacturer of advanced services for high-voltage power transmission, from RCP.

Flexible insulation and engineering foams specialist Armacell (Luxembourg; www.armacell.com) has acquired Brazilian extruded PE insulation foams producer PoliPex (Florianopolis; www.polipex.com.br).

The proposed replacement cable, which will be buried ­shallowly, uses polyethylene plastic for­ ­insulation and has increased power-transmission capacity compared to the old cable. Over the ...