Sumitomo subsea cables plant opens

19 October 2026, United Kingdom, Inverness: An undated handout photo issued by Sumitomo shows (L-R) Osamu Inoue, president, COO and CSO of Sumitomo Electric Industries; Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for Scotland; John Swinney, First Minister of Scotland; and Masayoshi Matsumoto, chairman and CEO of Sumitomo Electric Industries, at the opening of the company's subsea cable plant at the Port of leer más Nigg, near Inverness. The UK's first subsea cable plant in the Scottish Highlands manufactures cables to transmit electricity from wind farms. The project is part of the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport and received £24.5 million in Scottish Government funding. Photo: -/Sumitomo via PA Wire/dpa leer menos