NEXANS

Overview

Nexans is a France-based global electrification company that designs and supplies cable, power-transmission, grid and connection solutions. Its activities are organized around PWR-Transmission, PWR-Grid and PWR-Connect, serving electricity infrastructure needs including high-voltage, cross-border and offshore transmission.[1][2]

The company’s stated purpose is “Electrify the future.” With roots dating to 1879, Nexans describes its 2021 strategic shift toward electrification as a defining milestone. Its 2025 corporate presentation reported 28,500 employees and industrial operations in 41 countries. For 2025, sales were €6.1 billion at standard metal prices and €7.8 billion at current metal prices.[1]+2 [5]+5

Products & services

Nexans’ cable and accessory products span power transmission, electricity grids, buildings, renewables and rail. Its grid portfolio includes medium- and low-voltage cables rated 700 V–72 kV and accessories rated 1 kV–145 kV, including connectors, bushings, terminations, joints and splices. The company also supplies cables and accessories for solar and wind generation, building energy-optimization products, heating cables and rolling-stock cables.[7][8]

For high-voltage and offshore projects, Nexans offers HVDC subsea export and onshore cables, with reported 525 kV AC technology capability. A 2025 RTE agreement covered supply, installation and commissioning of 450 km of subsea and 280 km of onshore HVDC cables for offshore wind connections; Nexans also describes project-level engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) capabilities. Its related services include cable-system engineering, specialist installation training, installation supervision, extended warranties, and support for network operation and maintenance.[9]+3

Other stated capabilities include Low Fire Hazard cable technologies designed to limit fire propagation and toxic emissions. In FY2025, standard sales were reported as 38% PWR-Connect, 27% PWR-Transmission, 22% PWR-Grid and 13% Others, mainly metallurgy.[12]+2 [7]+7

Geographic presence

Nexans describes its industrial footprint as spanning 41 countries, with operations across Europe, South America, the Middle East and Africa, North America, and Asia-Pacific. Its locations page separately reports more than 60 plants in 39 countries and 12,830 employees; these sources give different country counts, and the employee figure is aggregate rather than regional.[15]+2

The 2025 Universal Registration Document lists Nexans entities in, among other countries, Canada and the United States; Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico; Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand and South Korea; and Chile, Peru and Lebanon. This subsidiary listing is not a comprehensive inventory of operating locations. The reviewed sources do not provide a regional or country breakdown of revenue, or an employee distribution by geography.[17][18] [15]+4

Business segments

Nexans’ reported business structure distinguishes two IFRS 8 reportable segments: PWR-Grid & Connect, comprising PWR-Grid and PWR-Connect, and PWR-Transmission. In its business performance reporting, the company presents those three PWR groups separately, alongside Other activities. The segments are defined by products, applications and markets rather than geography.[19]+4

Using H1 2026 standard sales of €3,248.6 million, the approximate contribution was PWR-Transmission €776.8 million (23.9%), PWR-Grid €701.9 million (21.6%), PWR-Connect €1,374.9 million (42.3%), and Other activities €395.0 million (12.2%). Other activities is calculated as the residual after subtracting the three PWR groups from total standard sales.[24][25]

PWR-Transmission provides cabling solutions and related services for offshore wind, subsea interconnections, onshore high-voltage networks and subsea data transmission.[23] PWR-Grid supplies cables for electricity distribution networks, with a focus on grid resilience and advanced, tailored solutions for network operators.[20][21] PWR-Connect focuses on building and equipment cables, including solutions for specialized projects and buildings with demanding safety requirements.[22][26] Other activities includes centralized group activities and the Electrical Wires business; its scope can vary with portfolio and reporting changes.[27]+2 [19]+10

Company history

Nexans traces its origins to 1879, when François Borel and Édouard Berthoud developed a waterproof electric cable. Their business was followed by the creation of Société française des câbles électriques in 1897.[30]+2 In 1912, CGE took a majority stake in the cable business; after subsequent industrial combinations and expansion, the cable activities were renamed Alcatel Cable in 1991.[33]+2

Alcatel announced a spin-off of Alcatel Cable under the Nexans name in 2000. Nexans went public on the Paris Stock Exchange in June 2001, and Alcatel fully exited its shareholding in 2005.[36]+2 The company expanded internationally through acquisitions including Australian cable maker Olex in 2006, Madeco’s cable assets in Latin America in 2008, and AmerCable and Shandong Yanggu in 2012.[39]+2

Later milestones included the acquisition of Centelsa in 2022 and REKA Cables in 2023.[42][43] In 2024, Nexans completed its acquisition of La Triveneta Cavi and announced plans to separate its specialty industrial cables activities as Lynxeo; the sale of Lynxeo to Latour Capital was completed in 2025.[44][45] Nexans also announced the acquisition of Spain’s Cables RCT in 2025.[46] [30]+16

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• www.nexans.com[1]
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