Press releases 2008

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.

Nuremberg, 25 November 2008 –  Nexans is presenting a new cable sheathing material, PUR-Medoxprotect-S, that is not only less likely to catch fire than existing compounds, but is also self-extinguishing.

Ouglich site will produce power cables for the building and infrastructure market.

Nexans supplied around 500 kilometres of cables, worth 3 million Euros.

Nuremberg, 11 November 2008 – Nexans Deutschland’s Nuremburg site designs cables and cabling especially for use in industrial automation and in vehicles.

Mönchengladbach, 11 November 2008 – At electronica 2008, the cable manufacturer Nexans FRANCE is presenting a selection from its range of data transmission solutions from the Filotex® division.

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

With this acquisition, Nexans acquires a leading position in energy cables in a high growth area.

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 has announced it won an order worth more than 3 million euros.

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

Mönchengladbach, August 20, 2008– Spaghetti cablings doomed to failure in patch environments, time-consuming inventories and the unknown use of the company network by third parties are now a thing of the past: LANsense from Nexans provides administrators with clarity. An intelligent, self-logging management solution, it offers an overview of network connections.

Hanover, 13 June 2008 – Nexans Power Accessories Germany GmbH, a Nexans company based in Hof

Paris, June 2, 2008 – Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, today announced it has signed a joint-venture agreement for the creation of a company producing in Qatar. the first cable manufacturer to establish ground presence in Qatar will also be a definite advantage for us.”

Paris – April 16, 2008 – Nexans cables will export 315 MW of power from a new wind farm off the east coast of England.

Vacha/Mönchengladbach, April 1, 2008 – Nexans at the light+building trade fair in Frankfurt/Main, April 6 – 11, 2008

Mönchengladbach (Germany), 29. January 2008 - All-in-one solution: DuoTrack combines copper and fibre-optic cables for the transmission of al required train control centre and telecommunication services

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