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They are part of our everyday environment, often without our knowing.
They have various sizes, applications and characteristics, and must withstand extreme twisting, stretching, temperature, depth, altitude and fire conditions.
They are at the heart of modern life; they wire the planet and provide the nerves and sinews of developed industrial economies worldwide.
They are proliferating to meet the increasing needs for power, voice and data transmission in a wide range of common-use products and equipment such as cars, ships, railways, aircrafts, electric motors and transformers, home appliances, stereo systems… They are cables and cabling systems.
Nexans, the industry’s most complete range
 From copper cathode—closely related to the basic copper ore—to 8mm machine wire—the international standard used by all wire and cable manufacturers worldwide, Nexans controls the whole cable development and manufacturing process, and mainly produces power and telecommunications cables in over 90 plants on 5 continents.
Because copper is an excellent conductor, Nexans has used it to develop a wide range of cables.
The Group also manufactures aluminum cables for applications where saving weight is important, e.g. in the aerospace industry. For local infrastructure networks, such as railways, power utilities, telecoms, etc., Nexans provides fiber-optic solutions that are ideal for data and voice transmission.
Nexans offers the most complete range of cables and cabling systems in the industry. Our products meet the highest requirements in terms of performance, quality and environment-friendliness. They also comply with many international industry-standards.
Contents
1 – Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry - Growing faster than the market
- Growing faster than the market
- Our core business: energy cables
- Three specialty activities: energy infrastructures, industry, building
2 – Nexans’ strategy - A new strategic roadmap for 2007-2009
- The strategic roadmap for 2007-2009
- A targeted acquisition strategy
- Priority business segments
- Focus on the manufacturing of high value-added, innovative cables
- Nexans’ international operations
3 – The customer, central to Nexans’ organization
- Multidisciplinary task forces for improved customer service
- Dedicated application centers
4 – Leading edge research and innovation facilities
- Industry-leading International Research Center
- Eight specialized Competence Centers
- Innovation, a second nature for Nexans
- Supported by world-renowned universities and research centers
5 – Responsible, environment-friendly company
- Limiting environmental impact, starting from product design
- In-depth environmental audits, and an in-house environmental label
6 – Proactive human resources policy
- A competitive and multicultural environment
- Training: crucial for progress
- A Career Management Committee in each country
7 – Best practices in corporate governance
- Active Board of Directors, small Executive Committee
- Close trust relationship with shareholders
- Dividend increase
- Key figures
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