Construction & ENGINEERING
Greener cabling solutions Nexans is the global leader in the development and manufacture of cables and advanced cable systems and solutions. Philip Yorke reports on a company that continues to set the industry standards through innovation and its clear commitment to facilitating the transition to clean energy and the development of energy networks between countries worldwide.
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exans was founded in Oslo, Norway in 1915 and is part of the multinational Nexans Group of France. The company is a global player in a wide range of key industrial sectors including infrastructure, renewable energy, construction and local area networks (LAN) among many others. In the infrastructure market, Nexans supplies a broad range of products including medium voltage connectors, surge arrestors, cold and hot shrink joints and bushings for transformers and switchgear. For the industrial sector the company offers a complete portfolio of cables and solutions for markets as diverse as automotive, aero-
space, rolling stock, and shipbuilding, as well as for nuclear power, oil & gas and the petrochemical industry. In the building and construction industry Nexans supplies cables and network solutions for public buildings and large industrial complexes. With an industrial presence in more than 40 countries, 120 manufacturing facilities and commercial activities worldwide, the Nexans Group is a leading global player. Today it employs over 25,000 people and in 2016 recorded revenues of more than €8 billion. The Nexans Group is listed on the Euronext stock exchange as well as on the New York stock exchange. Industry Europe 137
