Press releases 2009

Nexans makes a major advance in fire-performance cables with the launch of INFIT™ insulation technology
And makes cables easy to handle and install.

Nexans consolidates its position as Stokab’s main supplier of optical fibre equipment for broadband expansion projects
Signature of a two-year frame agreement

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

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

Nexans commissions in Germany the world’s first superconducting fault current limiter to protect a power plant’s internal power supply
Utility company Vattenfall anticipates that pilot project at the Boxberg brown coal plant will help to increase personnel and plant safety

Nexans wins 50 million Euro submarine high voltage power cable contract for Centrica’s Lincs offshore wind farm project
This new project illustrates once again Nexans’ position and competence in the energy infrastructure market.

2009 third-quarter financial information
10/22/09Nexans today announced 2009 third-quarter sales of 1,267 million euros.

Nexans to supply 500km of cable for airfield lighting system of Cairo International Airport
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 wins a 39 million Euros power cable contract for an offshore windfarm project in Belgium
Nexans will supply and install 52km of 170kV high voltage power export cable with an optical fibre insert.

Nexans introduces new fiber switch model for wind turbines
iSwitch G 1043E joins WINDLINK®, a range of high-performance solutions for wind turbines.

Nexans wins 15 million Euros contract to supply power underground cables to reinforce Mumbai’s power transmission infrastructure
Three circuits of 220 kV XLPE* underground cables will provide an extra power transmission capacity across India’s largest

Nexans wins a 33.5 million Euro subsea umbilical contract from Petrobras for Brazil’s Tambau and Urugua deepwater gas and oil fields
Nexans will develop, manufacture and supply umbilicals totalling over 65 km for installation in waters up to 1,500 meters in depth

Nexans’ low-voltage cables power the new BioWanze bioethanol plant in Belgium
Nexans places operational excellence and quality of service at the core of its offering to the industrial construction market

Nexans launches new FLAMEX® brand name for high-performance cable solutions for the rolling stock industry
The FLAMEX range covers all the product families.

Nexans wins an airfield lighting cable contract for King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Contract includes the supply of 1,500 km of 5 kV easy-to-install and watertight primary cables.

2009 first-quarter financial information
5/13/09Paris, April 22, 2009 – Nexans today announced 2009 first-quarter sales of 1,245 million euros.

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

Nexans wins major contract for submarine fibre optic connection in the Caribbean
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

Nexans wins 11 million Euro contract for BP’s Skarv field
Paris, February 4, 2009 - Direct electrical heating (DEH) will provide eco-friendly and cost- effective heating for production pipeline

Nexans wins a 26 million Euro contract for overhead power transmission lines in Brazil
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.