Nexans S.A. is a global company in the

cable Cable may refer to: Mechanical * Nautical cable, an assembly of three or more ropes woven against the weave of the ropes, rendering it virtually waterproof * Wire rope, a type of rope that consists of several strands of metal wire laid into a hel ...

and

optical fiber An optical fiber, or optical fibre in Commonwealth English, is a flexible, transparent fiber made by drawing glass (silica) or plastic to a diameter slightly thicker than that of a human hair. Optical fibers are used most often as a means to ...

industry headquartered in Paris, France. The group is active in four main business areas: buildings and territories (

construction Construction is a general term meaning the art and science to form objects, systems, or organizations,"Construction" def. 1.a. 1.b. and 1.c. ''Oxford English Dictionary'' Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) Oxford University Press 2009 and com ...

, local

infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and priv ...

smart cities A smart city is a technologically modern urban area that uses different types of electronic methods and sensors to collect specific data. Information gained from that data is used to manage assets, resources and services efficiently; in retur ...

/ grids, e-mobility), high voltage and projects (

offshore wind farms Offshore wind power or offshore wind energy is the Wind power, generation of electricity through wind farms in bodies of water, usually at sea. There are higher wind speeds offshore than on land, so offshore farms generate more electricity per ...

, subsea interconnections, land high voltage), data and telecoms (telecom networks, data transmission,

FTTx Fiber to the ''x'' (FTTX; also spelled "fibre") or fiber in the loop is a generic term for any broadband network architecture using optical fiber to provide all or part of the local loop used for last mile telecommunications. As fiber op ...

, LAN cabling, hyperscale data centre solutions), industry and solutions (renewable energies,

petroleum Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crud ...

, railways and rolling stock, aeronautical and automation). It is the world's second largest manufacturer of cables after Prysmian S.p.A. In 2017, the Group had industrial presence in 34 countries with over 26,000 employees and sales of around €6.4 billion. Nexans was founded in 2000 as a business unit of the telecommunications firm

Alcatel Alcatel may refer to: * Alcatel, a former French telecommunications equipment company, which became Alcatel-Lucent and is now part of Nokia * Alcatel Mobile, a brand of mobile phones, tablets and wearables, formerly a joint venture between Alcatel ...

after its acquisition of a number of companies in the cable sector. It was

spun out ''Spun Out'' is a Canadian television sitcom created by Jeff Biederman, Brent Piaskoski and Brian K. Roberts for CTV. It premiered on March 6, 2014 and ended on October 3, 2015, with a total of 26 episodes over the course of 2 seasons. Premise T ...

and listed on the

Paris stock exchange Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam, Lisbon, and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV. As of 2022, the 795 companies listed had a combined market ...

the following year. It is currently listed on

Euronext Paris Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam, Lisbon, and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV. As of 2022, the 795 companies listed had a combined marke ...

, Compartment A.

History

* 1897 - Foundation of la Société Française des Câbles Électriques, Système Berthoud, Borel et Cie. * 1912 - Acquisition of the company by

. * 1917 - The company is renamed ''Compagnie générale des câbles de Lyon''. * 1986 - Câbles de Lyon becomes Alcatel Câbles. * 1996 - Alcatel Câbles merges with

. * 2000 - Alcatel Câbles and Components become Nexans. * 2001 - Nexans is listed on

Paris Stock Exchange Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam, Lisbon, and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV. As of 2022, the 795 companies listed had a combined market ...

. * 2008 - Nexans acquires

Madeco Madeco S.A. is a diversified group of industrial companies manufacturing flexible packaging mainly for the food industry, copper tubes and aluminum and PVC window and door profiles. The company is based in Chile and also operates in Argentina, C ...

, a leader in the cable industry in

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

. * 2012 - Nexans acquires AmerCable, an American company specialized in power cables based in

El Dorado, Arkansas El Dorado, founded by Matthew Rainey, is a city in, and the county seat of, Union County, on the southern border of Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 18,884. El Dorado is headquarters of the Ark ...

for 275 million dollars. The group also acquires a Chinese company Shandong Yanggu Cable Group. * 2018 - Nexans unveils its transformation plan and a new strategy based on innovation and energy & data management services. * 2019 - Nexans shuts down the Hanover factory - it continues operation into 2020 * 2020 - Nexans shuts down the Chester NY factory and exits the US building wire market *2021 - a new facility was launched in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Manufacturing companies based in Paris Networking hardware companies Wire and cable manufacturers Multinational companies headquartered in France Electronics companies established in 2000 French brands French companies established in 2000 2001 initial public offerings Alcatel-Lucent Corporate spin-offs Companies listed on Euronext Paris