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Nexans will provide the 225 kV power export cables for Saint Brieuc, one of the biggest offshore wind projects in France

Nexans is SSE’s preferred supplier for the design, manufacture and installation of the onshore and offshore export cables for the 1,075MW Seagreen wind farm project.

On 15 October 2019, Nexans hosted the grand block ceremony that represented a key step in the construction of its ground-breaking cable installation vessel, the ‘Nexans Aurora’.

For BKK’s new power connection across the Fensfjorden, Nexans has qualified its 420 kV XLPE power cable design for use in water depths down to 550 meters.

Sales at current metal prices at 6.490 billion euros. Sales at constant metal prices stable at 4.409 billion euros for 2018.

Over the next two years, Nexans will supply medium and low voltage cables for the development of electricity distribution networks of one of the world’s biggest utility companies

Trafikverket, the Swedish Government’s Transport Administration, has awarded Nexans a contract to supply optical fiber cable solutions to upgrade the communication systems serving Sweden’s rail network. Emtelle Technologies will supply microducts and microduct bundles for the project.

Red Eléctrica de España has awarded Nexans with a contract worth around 50 million euros to manufacture and install a power cable that will connect the islands of Majorca and Menorca in Spain. The contract was signed only 20 days after the Spanish Council of Ministers granted administrative authorisation and declared it as a public utility project. The interconnection is due to be up and running in 2020.

Nexans has won a contract worth over 150 million euros to help Ørsted deliver the most affordable electricity from offshore wind yet. The project covers the supply of over 200 km of the 245 kV high voltage alternating current (HVAC) subsea export cable system for the near shore section of Hornsea 2 wind farm.

To provide Africa and South America with a faster and more stable Internet connection, Nexans manufactured and successfully tested 6,000 km of submarine fiber optic cables for the South Atlantic Inter Link (SAIL) project connecting Cameroon to Brazil.

Paris La Défense, July 26, 2018 – Today, Nexans is issuing its financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2018, as approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting chaired by Georges Chodron de Courcel on July 25, 2018.

Paris La Défense, July 4^th, 2018 - The Board of Directors of Nexans, during its meeting of July 3, 2018 chaired by Georges Chodron de Courcel, decided to appoint Christopher Guérin as Chief Executive Officer. He will take office on 4 July 2018.

Nexans has been awarded a major contract to provide complex umbilicals with power, fiber-optic and hydraulic elements for the next stage of the multi-phased Snøhvit development.

Paris La Défense, June 18, 2018 – Considering the abrupt deterioration of the high voltage project activities forecast for the second half of 2018, the Group presently anticipates for the full year a stable level of sales and a consolidated EBITDA that could reach 350 million euros versus 411 million euros in 2017

The Group strengthens its position on the electric mobility market with the launch of Nexans AGICITY®, a range of dedicated solutions designed to facilitate the rollout of sustainable mobility in urban, suburban and rural areas.

The Nexans Board of Directors decided on May 17, 2018 to appoint Oscar Hasbún Martínez as censor.

Nexans has completed a six-year project to design, manufacture, supply and install approximately 100 km of subsea high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable and accessories for Nalcor Energy’s Strait of Belle Isle Marine Cable Crossing in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Paris La Défense, May 3, 2018 – Today, Nexans announced that its sales for the first quarter of 2018 amounted to 1,538 million euros (versus 1,570 million euros for first-quarter 2017).

Nexans has developed a new micro-extrusion process that creates the thinnest possible insulating jacket to enable minimally invasive medical cables to be manufactured with diameters of less than 0.1 mm.

BP has selected Nexans to supply umbilicals for the second stage development of the Mad Dog offshore field in the Gulf of Mexico.

Nexans has reached two key milestones in its major contract to create the high voltage power export connection for Scotland’s Beatrice 588 MW offshore windfarm.

Nexans has upgraded its TITANEX® family of low voltage (LV) flexible rubber cables to become the first H07RN-F cable operating at up to 90°C temperature at the core (for fixed and protected installations).

The 2017 Registration document has been filed with the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) on March 30, 2018.

Paris, February 15, 2018 – Today, Nexans published its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017, as approved by the Board of Directors at its February 14, 2018 meeting chaired by Georges Chodron de Courcel.

Nexans has announced a capital investment in IES, leader in the production of charging solutions for electric vehicles.

Denmark-based BE CableCon is an expert supplier of cable kits to Europe’s most important wind turbine companies

Meeting tomorrow’s challenges today: Nexans announces its 2018-2022 strategic plan “Paced For Growth”.

The Nexans Board of Directors decided to appoint Anne Lebel as censor with a view to proposing her candidature as member of the Board of Directors to the 2018 shareholders’ general meeting.

Nexans has responded by carrying out a major research and development program to create the new INTERCOND® Tray Cable range that combines the virtues of a tray cable with the dynamic capabilities of an advanced automation cable suitable for servo motor installations.

Paris La Défense, November 22, 2017 – Nexans has decided to significantly enhance its testing capacity by building in Calais, France, a new state-of-the-art direct current (DC) laboratory that allows to test simultaneously three independent qualification loops.

Paris, November 7, 2017 – Today, Nexans announced that its sales for the third quarter of 2017 amounted to 1,544 million euros.

Nexans was selected by the EPC contractor Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) as the sole cable supplier for the second and most crucial package of the project.

Mosaic has selected Nexans to supply power cables and support services for their $1.7 billion expansion project which will make its K3 facility in Canada the world’s largest potash mine by 2024.  

Nexans will install a submarine cable in Norway at a sea depth of 526 meters, breaking its previous world record of the world’s longest and deepest 420 kV XLPE submarine cable system

Nexans is proud to announce that it has started the construction of a new cable-laying vessel for submarine HV cable systems installation.

Paris La Défense, July 27, 2017 – Today, Nexans published its financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2017, as examined by the Board of Directors at its meeting chaired by Georges Chodron de Courcel on July 26, 2017.

Major order: Two 90-km-long high-voltage direct-current cables from Nexans will transport up to 900 MW of wind power from North Sea Cluster 3 to the Emden/Ost converter station

Headquartered in North America, the new global business unit launched by Nexans is designed to support global hyperscale data centers with physical-layer connectivity services and solutions in the hyper-connected world of tomorrow.

Paris, May 3, 2017 – Today, Nexans announced that its sales for the first-quarter of 2017 amounted to 1,570 million euros

For decades, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) mass impregnated (MI) cables have been the preferred solution for long-distance submarine transmission.

Norway’s energy sector is poised for an exciting new era. For many years, the country has been one of Europe’s leading oil and gas exporter, as well as possessing about half of Europe’s hydroelectric water storage reservoirs.

The 2016 Registration document has been filed with the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) on March 20, 2017.

Paris, February 9, 2017 – Today, Nexans published its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016, as approved by the Board of Directors at its February 8, 2017 meeting chaired by Georges Chodron de Courcel.

Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa), has recently signed a contract with Nexans for power cables.

Danish company DONG Energy Wind Power A/S has contracted Nexans to supply and terminate a total of 139 km of three-phase subsea cable for the first of three construction phases of the Hornsea Project One wind farm, located off the Yorkshire coast.

Huawei Marine Networks has awarded Nexans the contract to supply 6000 km of their second generation submarine Repeatered Optical Cables (ROC) for Phase II of the National Broadband Network (“NBNII”) project linking Cameroon and Brazil.

Paris, November 4, 2016 – Today, Nexans announced its sales for the third quarter of 2016

Nexans cable technology has been selected by VBMS for the world’s first 66 kV offshore wind farm.

Nexans has further extended its long run of success with BP oil & gas projects by winning a major contract to supply approximately 100 km of umbilicals for the next stage of the West Nile Delta project.

OneSubsea has ordered the umbilical and accessories from Nexans to develop the Greater Enfield development off the coast of Exmouth, Western Australia.

Statnett, Norway’s state owned power system operator, has energised 68 km of Nexans’ coloured conductors on its new overhead transmission line connecting central Norway to western Norway.

Energinet.dk, the Danish Transmission System Operator (TSO), has signed a framework agreement with Nexans for the delivery of around 500 km of high voltage (HV) cables.

BKK Nett AS will soon be the operator of a recording breaking subsea power link as Nexans just completed a project to install the world’s longest and deepest 420 kV XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) insulated submarine cable system.

Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd has chosen a consortium of Nexans and Siemens Transmission and Distribution Ltd to supply a transmission system to connect its new wind farm off the coast of Scotland to the grid.

Paris, May 3, 2016 – Today, Nexans announced that its sales for the first quarter of 2016 amounted to 1,433 million euros

The ENSURE project, funded by the German BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) will see a consortium of 21 companies and institutions working on reducing grid conversion costs through a combination of locally and centrally produced electricity

G2mobility has signed an industrial and commercial partnership with the Nexans Group to accelerate the deployment of EV charging infrastructure in France and around the world.

Launch of new Data Centre solutions

Western Power Distribution has integrated two superconducting fault current limiters (sFCL) from Nexans into Birmingham’s power grid.

Stokab, the Swedish telecom operator has awarded Nexans its first order for an Automated Optical Distribution Frame (AODF) following a successful year-long field trial in Stockholm, Sweden.

Paris, February 18, 2016 – Today, Nexans published its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015, as approved on February 17, 2016 by the Board of Directors under the Chairmanship of Frédéric Vincent.

Paris, February 17, 2016 - During the Board of Directors meeting on February 17^th 2016, Frédéric Vincent announced his decision to end his term as Chairman of the company and as director effective 31^st March 2016 and to retire.

Dogus Construction Group has chosen Nexans to supply LV and MV Alsecure cables for Istanbul’s new Metroline, establishing an additional 20km of rail to service the city’s suburbs.

Nexans has been selected to be the unique supplier of cabling to Samsung Heavy Industries’, turnkey contractor for TOTAL’s Egina FPSO.

Nexans will design and produce a medium voltage high temperature superconducting (HTS) cable for AMSC (American Superconductor), including terminations and a splice, as part of its Resilient Electric Grid Project in Chicago.

Statoil has awarded Nexans the contract to supply static and dynamic cabling and associated accessories for the world’s first floating wind farm,

In a contract worth 4.6 million Euros, LofotKraft AS has once again selected Nexans to deliver and install 170 kV XLPE cables to upgrade the current systems in three fjords.

On December 14th 2015, Nexans signed a € 600 million Revolving Credit Facility with 11 of its core banks for a period of five years, thereby extending the tenor of the Group’s access to liquidity until 2020.

EnergoBit S.A.’s 30MW Babadag III Wind Farm in Romania will transmit energy to the grid using 140km of Nexans’ high temperature conductor cables and accessories.

Following the agreement signed end of October 2015, Nexans confirms that it has concluded, as of December 1^st, the divestment of its Argentinean activities to the group which controls the cable manufacturer Cimet in Argentina.

Norwegian Escape, a luxury cruise liner built by Meyer Werft in Germany, has just been launched with 2,400 km of Nexans’ power, instrumentation and control cables.

Brazil’s first modern tramway is to benefit from enhanced reliability thanks to a partnership between Nexans and Alstom.

Nexans has been awarded the contract to deliver 48km of static umbilicals to BP, and partner DEA, for the West Nile Delta Taurus Libra project in Egypt.

Today, Nexans announced its sales for the third quarter of 2015.

The new super complex at the heart of the future development of the Nasr oil field, offshore from Abu Dhabi in the UAE, will be powered by Nexans’ subsea cables.

Power interconnection beneath the North Sea will enable Norway and UK to share up to 1400 MW of green energy from 2021 onwards.
Statnett SF and National Grid has awarded Nexans a contract valued at around Euros 340 million to deliver the subsea cable on the Norwegian side.

The Anthem of the Seas, a luxury cruise liners built at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany, set sail with Nexans cables on board.

Paris, July 29, 2015 – The Nexans Board of Directors meeting chaired by Frédéric Vincent on July 28, 2015 approved the Group's condensed consolidated financial statements for the first half of 2015.

Two new cable systems will reinforce the electricity grid in central Eastern Norway

Contract is valued at around Euros 50 million and will cover the design, manufacture and installation of XLPE cables

Nexans will manufacture and supply XLPE submarine and underground cables to connect Danish substations

Nexans has been awarded a contract by Eiffage Energie on behalf of Clemessy to supply specialized photovoltaic cables and power cables for the Cestas solar farm in France

Nexans has delivered one umbilical to the Snøhvit field in Norway as part of a €45 million contract with Statoil

Paris, May 5, 2015 – Nexans Mixed Shareholders’, held on May 5, 2015  approved all the twenty-nine resolutions proposed to the shareholders by the Board of Directors.

Today, Nexans announced first-quarter 2015 sales of 1,601 million euros at current metal prices (versus 1,560 million euros in the first three months of 2014). At constant metal prices, first quarter sales came in at 1,172 million euros, representing year-on-year organic growth of 1.8%.

The Statoil operated Gullfaks gas field in the Norwegian Sea will rely on Nexans’ innovative power umbilicals combining power, fiber-optic and hydraulic lines in a single cross section.

The extension of Shanghai’s state power grid will be supported by a new 500 kV XLPE cable system to be supplied by Nexans.

The 2014 Registration document has been filed with the AMF on March 27, 2015 - The Mixed Shareholders’ Meeting will be held on Tuesday May 5, 2015.

Regional trains in Australia will rely on Nexans cables after Bombardier Transportation awarded a contract for the Queensland New Generation Rollingstock Project.

Elia, the Belgian Transmission System Operator (TSO), will rely on Nexans extra-high voltage cable systems for the major Stevin project to reinforce Belgium’s high voltage power grid.

The Norwegian and German power grids will be able to share green energy directly for the first time thanks to Nexans submarine HVDC (high voltage direct current) cables to be installed as part of the NordLink project.

Denmark’s Kriegers Flak offshore windfarm is to be securely connected to the national grid with Nexans’ 400 kV aluminium XLPE cables.

Paris, February 13, 2015 – Today, Nexans published its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014, as approved on February 12, 2015 by the Board of Directors under the Chairmanship of Frédéric Vincent.

Statoil’s Visund oil and gas field is to benefit from standardised fast-track umbilicals developed by Nexans.

STX France and subcontractors have ordered over 5000 km of Nexans’ Shiplink® fire resistant cables for the third Oasis class ship

Statoil, on behalf of Wintershall, has signed a contract with Nexans for the supply of Direct Electrical Heating (DEH) technology.

At a water depth of 2,100 meters, the Chevron-operated Jack and St. Malo oil and gas fields are the deepest installation to date for Nexans’ innovative power umbilicals that integrate HV power supply and umbilical functions within a single cable cross-section.

Nexans is introducing its Category 6A cable, designed for automation applications. The new cable is able to carry 10 GBit/s while offering the exceptional durability and flexibility essential for drag chain installations.

The world’s first subsea gas compression station will begin operation at the Åsgard gas field next year after Nexans delivered sophisticated power umbilicals to Statoil, which manages the field.

Nexans will host its data center conference in Paris on December 1st, 2014.

Nexans launches its new range of solutions for electric vehicle (EV) charging that will be displayed at the upcoming European Utillity Week conference.

Today, Nexans announced its sales for the third quarter of 2014.

The cable will create a new 100 MW power connection between Ibiza and Mallorca. At 119 km it is the world’s longest 3-phase XLPE submarine cable, weighing almost 7,000 tonnes. To carry and install the cable, Nexans' own cable ship, the C/S Nexans Skagerrak, has received a major refit.

Nexans announced on May 15, 2014 the implementation of new employee shareholding plan.

Two years after breaking ground for the construction of a new plant in South Carolina, Nexans today, officially celebrates the opening of its Goose Creek facility.

Four new Viking Ocean Cruises ships being constructed by Fincantieri, one of the world's largest shipbuilding groups, will benefit from the enhanced fire safety offered by Nexans’ Safe Return to Port (SRtP) cable technology.

Nexans is now represented by the recently-formed executive team led by
Arnaud Poupart-Lafarge, Chief Executive Officer.  His new , leaner Management Board was chosen to have new members, tried and tested operational experience, and a focus on driving performance and transforming the Group.

Swiss rail network operator SBB has signed a five-year framework agreement with Nexans for the supply of signalling and balise cables, as it prepares significant upgrades to cabling infrastructure across its rail network.

Paris, September 18, 2014 – The Eco2charge project aims at supporting the development of electric vehicles (EV) by accelerating the deployment of EV charging infrastructures in buildings, campuses and eco-districts by the end of 2016. These facilities will thus complement roadside charging stations and enable users to charge their EV’s at their workplace, in their neighbourhood or at public or private charging points (at railway stations, supermarkets, public parking areas, etc.).

DONG Energy in Denmark and Nexans signed on July 1, 2014 a new framework agreement for the delivery of up to 1,750 kilometres of submarine cables for wind farms off the British coast.

New power transmission line between Jandira and Cotia is the world’s first commercial installation of Lo-Sag™ conductors that use a carbon fiber composite core to save weight and double capacity.

Nexans will expand and accelerate its qualification program to bring new 66kV inter-array offshore wind cables to market with the support of Carbon Trust funds as part of the Offshore Wind Accelerator.

Paris, July 25, 2014 – The Nexans Board of Directors meeting chaired by Frédéric Vincent on July 24, 2014, approved the Group's condensed consolidated financial statements for the first half of 2014.

Metro passengers in Rio de Janeiro are set to benefit from an increase in capacity, after a new subway line powered by Nexans cables was commissioned.

Nexans, France’s leading provider of connection accessories for Low and Medium Voltage (LV/MV) underground power distribution networks, today opened its new 25,000m² plant in Donchery, Ardennes.

Oil and gas extraction on the Norwegian continental shelf has been given a boost after Nexans recently delivered the first of four “Statoil Standard” umbilicals ordered by the company in 2012.

Nexans has established a new Scientific Committee to boost innovation and further differentiate its cable products and technologies.

"I'm very grateful that I was invited here, it is a large and impressive company."

UK Power Networks is upgrading three vital high-voltage electricity circuits in the south of England with Nexans’ innovative pipe-type XLPE cables.

First-quarter 2014 performance in line with the Group's transformation plan. Continued implementation of strategic initiatives.

Nexans has been given a prestigious Intra.Net Reloaded Award at this year’s we.CONECT Intra.

Western Power Distribution (WPD)  is future-proofing the power distribution network in Birmingham, the UK’s ‘Second City’, by installing two Nexans superconducting fault current limiters.

Renewal and appointment of Directors
Proposed amendment to the Articles of Association to exclude double voting rights

Nexans’ Direct Electrical Heating (DEH) cable systems will be installed to help in maintaining the reliable flow of products from the Shah Deniz  field, located in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea.

Airbus is relying on Nexans’ innovative cable technology. In a new, five-year, global supply contract, worth around Euro 200 million, Nexans will design, manufacture and supply 130,000 km of specialized cables for Airbus modern aircraft family from the single-aisle A320 Neo, the A350 series up to the flagship double-deck A380.

Global Marine Systems has ordered Nexans’ fibre optic cable for three major telecommunications projects in Northern Europe.

Statnett, Norway’s state-owned power system operator, is deploying Nexans’ innovative coloured conductors on the new 420 kV Ørskog – Sogndal overhead transmission link connecting Mid-Norway to Western Norway.

Suzlon has turned to Nexans to support its major projects in Brazil with complete end to end cable solutions that will ensure effective, efficient and reliable connections for some 150 wind turbine generators (WTGs).

Nexans and TeliSwitch have formed a partnership to promote the innovative suite of Automatic Optical Distribution Frame (AODF) solutions.

Paris, February 11, 2014 - At its meeting on February 10, 2014, the Nexans Board of Directors, chaired by Frédéric Vincent, approved the Group's financial statements for 2013.

NSP Maritime Link Inc. has awarded Nexans with a turnkey project to create a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable connection between the island of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in Canada.

Norway’s power supply network will get a crucial boost in reliability and capacity with the installation of Nexans’ state-of-the-art submarine cables as part of a major new connection for the utility BKK Nett AS.

RWE has just presented Nexans with a prestigious supplier award for innovation.

E.ON Netz is using an aluminium underground cable from Nexans in the expansion of its grid infrastructure for wind energy.

Completely water blocked and circular in shape for a long service life and easy ploughing.

Paris, October 15, 2013 – Nexans today announced that its sales for the third quarter of 2013 amounted to 1,655 million euros at current metal prices.

Nexans has been awarded a 9 million Euro turnkey contract by China National Nuclear Corporation to supply power cables and accessories for the construction of the second phase of the Tianwan nuclear power plant

Nexans has been awarded an 8 million Euro contract by Statoil to supply the static umbilicals for the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen project in the Norwegian North Sea.

Nexans has been awarded a contract worth in excess of Euro 120 million by Scottish Hydro Electric (SHE) Transmission plc to supply and install a subsea power link to upgrade the electricity transmission network between Kintyre peninsula and the continent in Southwest of Scottland.

Nexans, a worldwide expert in the cable industry, has been awarded contracts worth a total of over Euros 20 million to design, manufacture and install EHV (Extra High Voltage) cable systems for two of Europe’s leading TSOs

Nexans has been awarded a major contract by OneSubsea to design, manufacture and supply an integrated power umbilical solution and associated termination hardware for Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Julia oil field development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Paris, July 25, 2013 – The Nexans Board of Directors meeting on July 24, 2013, under the chairmanship of Frédéric Vincent, approved the Group’s consolidated financial statements for the first half of 2013.

Nexans has just signed a 36 million euro frame contract with Infrabel, the Belgian railway operator, to supply 1 kV power distribution cables for network refurbishment projects over the next two years.

Nexans has been awarded a contract by China’s Sinohydro Corporation to supply the vital extra high-voltage (EHV) power cable link for Ecuador’s 1500 MW Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric project currently under construction in the Amazon Basin.

Nexans has been awarded a 25 million Euro contract by Subsea 7 construction and services to the offshore energy industry, to design and manufacture the direct electrical heating (DEH) system for the subsea pipelines serving the Lianzi oil field development located in a unitized offshore zone between the Republic of Congo and the Republic of Angola.

Nexans is the world’s first cable company to achieve the coveted Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) certification for its building cables.

Nexans has been awarded an 11 million Euro contract by the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) to supply a high voltage power cable system that will help the Beijing Electric Power Corporation support the future development and extension of the power transmission infrastructure in China’s capital city.

Paris, April 25, 2013 – Nexans today announced 2013 first-quarter sales of 1.668 billion euros, that is, 1.130 billion euros at constant non-ferrous metal prices

Nexans’ 2012 Registration document has been registered with the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) on April 3, 2013. Nexans Mixed Shareholders’ Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 at 3.00 pm in the Claude Levi-Strauss theatre of the quai Branly museum.

With the handover of the test certificate for a high-temperature superconductor (HTS) cable system, Nexans and RWE Deutschland AG will mark the completion of the 18-month development phase in the “AmpaCity” project on 11 March 2013.

Nexans today announced the establishment of the ‘Nexans Foundation’, a common platform for all its corporate sponsorship activities.

Westermost Rough Ltd, London, and Nexans recently signed an agreement for the delivery and assembly of medium-voltage submarine cables for the Westermost Rough wind farm, which is to be built eight kilometres off the Holderness coast in Yorkshire.

Paris, February 7, 2013 - The Nexans Board of Directors meeting on February 6, 2013, under the chairmanship of Frédéric Vincent, approved the Financial Statements for 2012.

Nexans has been awarded by Nalcor Energy a contract in excess of 80 million Euros for a submarine high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Nexans has been awarded a 45 million Euro contract by Statoil to supply static and dynamic umbilicals for three fast-track projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf - the Oseberg Delta field (North Sea), the Snøhvit gas field (Barents Sea) and the Smørbukk Sør (Norwegian Sea).

AMSC and Nexans today introduced to the North American market a medium voltage superconductor fault current limiter (SFCL) solution that is designed to meet many of the challenges caused by today’s highly interconnected networks and diversified generation sources.

Nexans has strengthened its Motionline® automation brand with the launch of its sophisticated, high-tech hybrid cable solutions that integrate individual power, data and signal transmission functions within a single cable.

Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer (SNCF) has awarded Nexans its first contract to design and manufacture specialised rail cable that includes the new CORE-TAG® anti-theft cable technology.

Extensive expertise and capability in the delivery of high profile HVDC interconnection projects proves critical as Nexans secures its largest ever subsea cable contract

Nexans has won a 6 million Euro contract to manufacture and supply shipboard cables to Fincantieri, the Italian ship builder.

Paris, October 22, 2012 – Nexans today announced 2012 third-quarter sales of 1,819 million euros

Nexans has secured a 10-year global frame agreement with BP International Limited, UK to supply umbilicals, DEH (direct electrical heating) systems, accessories and services for various oil and gas projects worldwide.

Nexans is launching its new anti-theft cable solutions at InnoTrans – which promises to help network operators reduce the high volume of copper cables theft along their railway networks.

Nexans has been awarded a contract worth around 3.5 million Euro to manufacture and supply specialized rolling stock cables to Hyundai Rotem, for 10 high-speed train sets KTX-II it is manufacturing for Korail, South Korea’s national railway operator.

Paris, July 25, 2012 – The Nexans Board of Directors met on July 24, 2012, under the chairmanship of Frédéric Vincent, to approve the Group’s consolidated financial statements for the first half of 2012.

Nexans has been awarded contracts worth around 110 million Euros by Libya’s PEWCO (Public Electrical Works Company) to supply cables for projects to upgrade the country’s power transmission and distribution infrastructure.

Nexans has started the construction of its first high voltage power cable manufacturing plant in North America.

Nexans has secured a 16 million Euro contract with Statoil to engineer and supply a 16.5km subsea power umbilical that will be used to connect the Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea to its subsea compression and processing equipment.

Paris, May 16, 2012 – Nexans announced on February 8, 2012 the implementation of a new employee shareholding plan. This press release aims to detail certain features of the capital increase reserved for Group employees.

Paris, April 25, 2012 – Nexans today announced 2012 first-quarter sales of 1,752 million euros.

Nexans has won a contract worth more than 50 million Euro to supply a total of 57 km of high-voltage subsea power export cables to Northwind NV in the North Sea.

Paris, April 5, 2012 – Nexans’ 2011 Registration document has been registered with the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) on April 4, 2012. It is available to the public in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and is available online on Nexans’ website

Nexans proudly celebrates 10 years of innovation at its Lyon-based Corporate Research facility.

Grimsås, March 5, 2012 – Nexans halogen-free installation cables are being delivered to the New Karolinska Solna, the first joint project in the cooperation focused on products and solutions for future requirements in environment, function and total cost.

Nexans to supply specialized medium voltage  and low voltage airfield lighting cables for the Indian Air Force’s ‘Modernization of the Airfield Infrastructure (MAFI)’ project to Tata Power’s Strategic Electronics Division, India.

Paris, February 8, 2012 - The Nexans Board of Directors meeting on February 7, 2012, chaired by Frédéric Vincent, approved the Financial Statements for 2011.

The “AmpaCity” project has been kicked off: The RWE Group and its partners are just about to replace a 1-kilometre-long high-voltage cable connecting two transformer stations in the Ruhr city of Essen with a state-of-the-art superconductor solution.

Nexans has successfully commissioned the world’s first resistive superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) based on second-generation superconductor tapes.

Nexans has been awarded a turnkey contract worth in excess of 90 million euros by REE (Red Eléctrica de España), the operator of the Spanish power system and the owner of the power transmission grid, to create a new 115 km high-voltage (HV) submarine power link between the Islands of Mallorca and Ibiza.

Nexans has been awarded three major contracts, worth a total of around 10 million Euros, to supply specialized signalling and telecom cables to Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), the state-owned operator of Italy’s railway network.

Nexans has been awarded a 75 million euro contract by Statoil to design, manufacture and supply a total of 165 km of static and dynamic power umbilical and power cables, as well as necessary accessories, for the Åsgard oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea.

Under a competence sponsorship agreement, the Group will meet all the cable needs of the new museum by supplying free low and medium voltage power cables, as well as data transmission cables and systems for the 28,000 sq.m building and the 22 hectares of grounds.

Nexans has been awarded a contract to supply 130 kilometres of URC-1 cable to Emerald Bridge Fibres Ltd.

Nexans has been awarded two four-year contracts for a total amount of 15 million euros by RATP to supply specialized railway infrastructure cables that deliver the ideal combination of high performance, safety and reliability for projects to maintain, upgrade and expand the city’s metro and tram networks.

Nexans has been awarded a 3 million euro turnkey contract to supply lead-in cable systems for the advanced GeoStreamer seismic array technology that Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) is deploying on its fleet of offshore survey vessels.

Nexans to build a plant for the manufacture of underground Extra High Voltage (EHV) cables and possible extension to submarine HV activities, in the United States.

Confirmed strong business upturn, improvement of the operating margin

Document available online.

Nexans announced the signing of an agreement with the Shandong Yanggu Cable Group (“Shandong Yanggu”) to create a joint venture based on Shandong Yanggu’s power cable business in China.

The Nexans Mixed Shareholders' Meeting chaired by Frédéric Vincent, Chairman and CEO, was held on May 31, 2011 at the quai Branly museum in Paris.

The Group will present the outlook for first half 2011 at the Mixed Shareholders’ Meeting that will be held today at 3:00 p.m. at the musée du quai Branly in Paris (France). The meeting will be chaired by Frédéric Vincent, Chairman and CEO.

Nexans is supplying specially designed power cables to NG² for its innovative PLUG shoreside power system that makes medium-voltage power connections between shore and ship a pushbutton operation.

Nexans today announced that it has signed a three-year sponsorship agreement with “Electriciens sans frontières” (ESF), an international solidarity non-governmental organization (NGO).

Nexans has been awarded a 20 million euro contract by Statoil to design and manufacture the direct electrical heating (DEH) system for the subsea pipelines serving the new Fossekall Dompap oil and gas field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Paris, April 27, 2011 – Nexans today announced 2011 first quarter sales of 1,754 million euros.

Paris, April 20, 2011 – Nexans’ 2010 Registration document has been registered with the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) on April 19, 2011.  Nexans Mixed Shareholders’ Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 at 3.00 pm in the Claude Levi-Strauss theatre of the quai Branly museum.

Nexans is introducing Alsecure® Premium, its range of next-generation CR1-C1 fire-resistant cables.

Nexans has been awarded an approximately 18 million euros contract by Statoil to design, engineer and manufacture the static and dynamic subsea umbilicals that will play a vital role in the tie back system connecting the new Gygrid field development to the existing Njord A installation off the Norwegian Continental shelf.

Nexans has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy, based in Fredericia, Denmark, to supply the submarine cables and related accessories for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm.

Nexans has been awarded a contract by Subsea 7, for the design, engineering and manufacture of a total length of 143km of static subsea electro-hydraulic control umbilicals for the Laggan-Tormore gas field development, 125km West of the Shetland Islands in the UK.

Paris, February 14, 2011 – The Nexans Board of Directors chaired by Frédéric Vincent, which met on February 11, 2011, has approved the accounts for 2010.

Nexans has been awarded an 87 million Euro contract by Energinet and Statnett, the state-owned Transmission Systems Operators (TSOs) in Denmark and Norway, to deliver the subsea power cable for Skagerrak 4 (SK 4), the fourth HVDC power interconnector between the two countries.

145 km power submarine DC cable will increase security of supply as well as aiding development of the electricity market in the Baltic Sea region

Nexans has been awarded a 10 million Euro contract by FMC Technologies to design, engineer and manufacture a static subsea control and chemical injection umbilical for the Marulk gas field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

Target confirmed for full year operating margin rate of 4.5%

Nexans has been awarded contracts worth a total of 7.5 million Euros to supply its specialized FLAMEX® rail cable solutions for installation on new and modernized rolling stock on the Sao Paulo City Metropolitan Transportation network.

25,000 km of Nexans specialised FLAMEX® rail cable solutions will support power, control and data applications on new suburban trains destined for SNCF services

Over 1,000 km of specialized ENERGYFLEX® PV cables have been installed by Schneider Electric at a 43 MW solar photovoltaic facility in Puglia

Nexans announced on February 10, 2010 the implementation of a new employee shareholding plan.

Nexans has developed its new HYPRON® range to provide an environmentally friendly alternative to lead-sheathed cables for onshore power, control and instrumentation applications in the oil and gas industry.

Paris, April 22, 2010 – Nexans today announced 2010 first-quarter sales of 1.350 billion euros

ESPIRITO SANTO FPSO is now in operation with over 500 kilometres of halogen-free, fire-safe power, control and instrumentation cables

Nexans is a gold sponsor for the FTTH Council Europe 2010 (February 24-25, 2010).

Paris, February 10, 2010 – The Nexans Board of Directors chaired by Frédéric Vincent, which met on February 9, 2010, has approved the accounts for 2009.

And makes cables easy to handle and install.

Signature of a two-year frame agreement

MOTIONLINE® : Nexans range of cable solutions for demanding automation applications where cables are in motion

Nexans Euromold tee-shaped connectors are designed for use with compact switchgear to make optimum use of limited installation space.

Utility company Vattenfall anticipates that pilot project at the Boxberg brown coal plant will help to increase personnel and plant safety

This new project illustrates once again Nexans’ position and competence in the energy infrastructure market.

Nexans today announced 2009 third-quarter sales of 1,267 million euros.

Nexans to supply Cairo Engineering Equipment with approximately 500km of cable to be used in the new third runway being constructed at Cairo International Airport in Egypt.

Nexans will supply and install 52km of 170kV high voltage power export cable with an optical fibre insert. 

iSwitch G 1043E joins WINDLINK®, a range of high-performance solutions for wind turbines.

Three circuits of 220 kV XLPE* underground cables will provide an extra power transmission capacity across India’s largest

Nexans will develop, manufacture and supply umbilicals totalling over 65 km for installation in waters up to 1,500 meters in depth

Nexans places operational excellence and quality of service at the core of its offering to the industrial construction market

The FLAMEX range covers all the product families.

Contract includes the supply of 1,500 km of 5 kV easy-to-install and watertight primary cables.

Paris, April 22, 2009 – Nexans today announced 2009 first-quarter sales of 1,245 million euros.

The first halogen free marine & offshore full range cable to resist ultra-cold Arctic temperatures down to – 50°

First delivery of next generation repeatered fibre optic submarine systems for Nexans which will supply 1,300km of cable to connect Trinidad & Tobago to Suriname via Guyana

Paris, February 4, 2009 - Direct electrical heating (DEH) will provide eco-friendly and cost- effective heating for production pipeline

Nexans has been awarded contract by EBTE, the Alupar company responsible for the construction and development of the electric power infrastructure in the Brazil state of Mato Grosso, to supply AAAC (All Aluminium Alloy Conductor) for the construction of five new 230 kV overhead transmission lines with a total length of 775 km.

This contract confirms the Group's position as a market leader in the subsea umbilical sector.

Nexans and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (SEI),  today announced that they have reached an agreement to collaborate in optical fiber cable business for terrestrial telecommunications in Europe.

An ambitious and customized R&D program will be carried out.

Nexans will supply power, control and data cables.

This local production will enable Nexans to meet the demands of customers operating in China’s booming rail industry

In an order worth more than 1 million Euro, Nexans is supplying control, power and data cables for the Chinese Ministry of Railways.

At Innotrans, Nexans will present its latest product innovations and major projects as complete cable solutions for new generation of urban transports.

The presentation was given on Thursday, January 31st, 2008 in Paris.

Paris, December 11,  2007 – Nexans has laid a submarine fibre-optic cable between the German towns of Konstanz and Friedrichshafen.

Paris, December 5, 2007 – Nexans will provide around 54 million euros of power cable over the next five years.

Paris, September 20, 2007 - As part of this initiative, Nexans will supply free power and data cables for the Trianon Palace, the Grand Lodgings (Grand Commun) and the Royal Opera. This first tranche of sponsorship is valued at between 500,000 and 1 million euros.

Shanghai, April 6, 2005 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has held a grand opening ceremony, in presence of Gérard Hauser, CEO of the Group, to mark the official start of production at its 22 million Euros special cable plant in Shanghai, China.

Paris, 10 January 2005 - Nexans, has won a contract worth around Euros 15 million to manufacture and install the world's first 420kV XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) submarine power cable for the ongoing development of the Ormen Lange gas field on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Paris, September 3, 2002 - Nexans has successfully teamed up with Unisys and BT on a project to supply a high performance LAN to one of the most demanding customers in the world, one of the UK's Security Agencies.