Press releases 2007

Ensures power supply to 2.5 million inhabitants in Eastern Norway
There has been a high level of activity in Indre Oslofjord in June. A large cable car, small boats and divers have worked day and night to install 1,300 tonnes of 420 kV sea cables between Solberg in Hurum, Buskerud, and Brenntangen in Vestby, Akershus.

Nexans installs a fibre-optic cable and provides rapid data transmission across Lake Constance
Paris, December 11, 2007 – Nexans has laid a submarine fibre-optic cable between the German towns of Konstanz and Friedrichshafen.

Nexans and BC Hydro sign five-year extension to utility cable and wire supply contract in Canada
Paris, December 5, 2007 – Nexans will provide around 54 million euros of power cable over the next five years.

Nexans and Interxion strengthen their partnership

Nexans extends utility cable and wire contract with Manitoba Hydro in Canada

Nexans’ new BUFLEX XPREM’s innovative cable solution boosts crane performance and durability

Nexans wins 30 million Euro umbilicals order for Mexilhão gas field in Brazil

Nexans wins 146 million euros order for high voltage submarine link between Spanish mainland and Balearic Islands

Nexans expands its successful GG45 product range with a new 8-contact high-speed Cat 7A PCB jack

Nexans sponsors Palace of Versailles renovation
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.

Nexans supplies subsea medium voltage cables and power accessories for Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm Horns Rev 2

Nexans’ RHEYFIRM (RS) innovative hybrid medium voltage ship-to-shore cables for cleaner ports

Nexans to deliver High Density fibre solutions for FTTH implementation in Stockholm
Paris, September 11, 2007 – Nexans has signed a two-year frame agreement with AB Stokab, the owner of Stockholm's ‘Citynet’ broadband infrastructure.

Nexans cable powers Wimbledon services with Alsecure NXS

Nexans leads the way in Intelligent Infrastructure Management and harmonizes its product ranges

Nexans wins fast-track contract to supply 800 km of fibre optic submarine cable to improve broadband access in Canada

Nexans will supply 875 km of 220 kV AERO-Z® high voltage, bare aluminum overhead lines in Peru

AMSC and Nexans announce successful testing of world’s first power transmission cable made with 2G HTS wire

Nexans cable connects the UK’s largest dedicated biomass power plant

Nexans signs a five–year agreement worth around 60 million euros with one of Canada’s leading utility companies

Nexans will supply more than a thousand kilometres of cables for the Yemen LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) terminal project.

Nexans opens a new plant in China

Nexans wins 35 million Euro high voltage underground power cable contract for Shanghai

Nexans wins a 15 million Euro power cable contract

Immediate launch of a recall campaign of Millimat comfort heating cables

Nexans to supply Australia’s largest wind farm

Nexans wins Euro 140 million contract to supply a high voltage subsea cable in China

Gordon Thursfield, Executive Vice-President North America Area, joins Nexans Executive Committee

Nexans’ innovative DuoTrack system receives German Federal Railway Authority type approval

Wolfe Island Wind Project in Canada: and should be delivered in May 2008.
7 million Euro contract to design, manufacture and supply a world record-breaking high-voltage submarine power cable.

Nexans to supply shipboard cables to two major Japanese shipyards

Nexans launches its new website
