Tele-Fonika Kable has secured a contract to supply the onshore export cable system for Poland’s BC-Wind offshore wind farm.

A press release said that the order from Ocean Winds calls for the delivery of approximately 23 km of 275 kV high-voltage cable, fiber optic cable and dedicated accessories. Based in Spain, Ocean Winds is a 50-50 joint venture owned by EDP Renewables and ENGIE that develops offshore wind farms worldwide.

Tele-Fonika Kable Board Member Piotr Mirek said that manufacturing is planned for the fourth quarter of 2026 at the company’s Bydgoszcz facility. Its responsibilities will also include comprehensive post-installation testing of the entire cable line.

The onshore section, approximately 8 km in length, will connect the landfall point in the Choczewo municipality to the new onshore substation, with construction scheduled to begin in 2026. The BC-Wind offshore wind farm will be located north of the Krokowa and Choczewo municipalities in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. Its capacity is planned to be up to 390 MW.

The project has obtained environmental permits for its onshore and offshore components as well as a Contract for Difference (CfD). The contract, while signed, is pending final approval via an obligatory final investment decision (FID).

Bechem, Germany’s oldest specialty lubricant manufacturer with over 190 years of expertise, announced the acquisition of CLC Lubricants, a U.S.-based producer of industrial oils, metalworking fluids, and cleaners, effective Aug. 8, 2025.

A press release said that the strategic move establishes Bechem’s first wholly owned production facility in the U.S., located in Geneva, Illinois. It said that CLC Lubricants is a small, privately held company with approximately 23-35 employees and estimated annual revenue between $4.6 million and $5.7 million. The company, which operates from a 27,000-sq-ft facility in Geneva, Illinois, has been in business since 1976.

CLC Lubricants was described as having nearly 50 years of experience and a strong market position, holding ISO 9001:2015 certification, and deep technological expertise. The acquisition enhances Bechem’s global presence and furthers expansion of its footprint in North America following the establishment of Bechem Lubrication Technology in 2014 and Bechem Mexico in 2017.

The CLC Lubricants brand and product portfolio will be retained and complemented by Bechem’s offerings, ensuring continuity for customers. “We are excited to welcome CLC Lubricants into the Bechem family,” said a Bechem spokesperson. “This acquisition strengthens our ability to serve our loyal and future customers with an expanded portfolio, including cleaners and additional domestically produced oils, backed by our shared values of service and innovation.

Governor JB Pritzker joined Manner Polymers, state officials and local leaders on August 28 to cut the ribbon on the company’s new $54 million, 108,000-sq-ft solar-powered manufacturing facility in Mount Vernon, Illinois.

A press release said that the new plant will expand the company’s annual production capacity by 80 million pounds. Its flexible PVC compounds are used for wire and cable, hose and tube, profile extrusion, and sheet products. The plant has a 15-acre solar field, along with additional roof-mounted solar panels, designed to generate nearly all of the electricity the facility requires for its operations. It will provide some 60 jobs.

Manner Polymers CEO Raj Bhargava said that the company’s vision was clear when the expansion project was announced in 2023. That was to “build the lowest cost, highest quality, most environmentally sustainable flexible PVC compounding plant in the world. Not only will we incorporate the most advanced manufacturing control systems available, but we will also produce substantially all the electricity that we use.”

As part of the incentive package, the state of Illinois provided $2.5 million in infrastructure for a new rail spur, which provides direct access to Southern Illinois’ network of rail.

Hitachi Energy has announced a landmark investment of over $1 billion to expand its power transformer manufacturing capacity for critical electrical grid infrastructure in the U.S.

A press release said that a centerpiece of this investment plan is the construction of a new facility in South Boston, Virginia. It will be strategically located by an existing Hitachi Energy plant that makes transformers, allowing seamless integration between transformer manufacturing and cable production, both central components in the push to modernize and expand America’s electric grid.

Hitachi—through its subsidiary Proterial Cable America (formerly Hitachi Cable America)—owns and operates a cable manufacturing plant in Manchester, New Hampshire. This facility produces copper and fiber optic communication cables for the U.S. market, and it is the only large-scale communications cable manufacturing plant that Hitachi owns in the United States.

JDR Cable Systems (JDR), part of the TFKable Group, has won a contract from Liverpool Bay CCS Limited to provide subsea power cables for the Liverpool Bay CO2 Transportation and Storage project.

A press release said that JDR will deliver approximately 100 km of 33 kV subsea cables to power repurposed offshore platforms in Liverpool Bay. The contract has four cables: a primary one linking the shore to the first offshore platform, and three infield cables connecting multiple additional platforms. These platforms will be essential for the injection of CO₂ into depleted offshore reservoirs, forming the backbone of the HyNet North West industrial decarbonization cluster.

The Liverpool Bay area, part of the Irish Sea between northeast Wales, Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside in northwest England, is a key location for offshore energy projects.