1. Global expert in cables and cabling systems
Mike Holmes, UK Marketing & Communications

2. A worldwide leader Sales by activity* Sales by destination*
4.9 Billion Euro sales in 2004
The most complete range of telecom and energy cables and cabling systems
Sales by activity*
Sales by destination*
Electrical Wires
24 %
Telecom
14 %
Energy
62 %
Europe
73 %
North of America
17%
Asia
5 %
RoW
* Based on sales at constant metal prices

3. More than 100 years of experience
Société Française des Câbles Electriques
1917 Becomes Compagnie Générale des Câbles de Lyon
Merger with Compagnie Générale d’Electricité
Part of Alcatel: Alcatel Cable
Creation of Nexans
First listing on Euronext (Paris)
Continuous growth and acquisitions: Société Industrielle des Téléphones, Thomson-Jeumont Câbles, Kabelmetal Elektro (Germany), Berk Tek (United States), Kukdong (South Korea), Furukawa cabos de Energia SA (Brazil), Liban cables (Lebanon), …

4. Global presence
Plants in 29 countries and commercial activities in 65 countries
20,000 local experts
Mastery of national and international standards

5. Businesses. Nexans UK Businesses Main UK Sites Nexans UK Ltd
Nexans Logistics Ltd
Nexans Cabling Systems
Nexans Ireland
Nexans Power Accessories
Hi-Wire
Tri-Wire
Abbey Wood, London
Head Office
Manufacturing LAN Cables
Sales Office
Infrastructure & Industrial Market
Milton Keynes
UK Logistics Centre
Building Market/Wholesalers
Normanton, Yorkshire
Manufacturing – wire
Sales office - conductors
Athlone, Ireland
Manufacturing – energy
Sales office – Ireland

6. Key Figures
UK turnover ~ €175M*
*includes export sales c€15M

7. Expertise dedicated to 3 key markets
Building
Industry
Infrastructure

8. Example : Global cable solutions for building
Industrial
LAN
Elevator cables
Fire security cables
Low Voltage
Wires for HVAC
Multimedia
AV surveillance
cables MV
cabinet
Alarm wires for
burglar alarm
Heating
cables
Copper &
Fiber LAN
Process
control
MV power
cables

9. ROV dynamic umbilicals
Example : Global cable solutions
for oil & gas
ROV dynamic umbilicals
Fire-performance &
mud-resistant cables
Maritime
LAN
Data acquisition
cables
Transfer lines
Instrumentation
cables
Copper/fiber LAN
Umbilicals
Accessories &
custom software
Remote Operated
Vehicles
Marine fiber
backbones
Optical fiber
backbones
LV, MV, HV
cables
Heating cables

10. ControlPoint automated
Example : Enhanced xDSL solutions
to deploy faster and lower your costs
Twisted pairs
or quads
Premium Copper
and Copper Plus cables
Fiber optic
micro-cables
Hybrid fiber
optic cables
STP
cables
Plastic optical
fibers
Filtered
IDC
ControlPoint automated
Cross-connect
ADW
outdoor
RJ45 and GG45 connectors
DDO with RJ45
interface
RTD

11. Building the future through innovation
1 international research center
9 competence centers
450 researchers, engineers and technicians
420 families of patents registered
An average of 2 new products per week
Leading position in advanced technologies:
High data transmission capacity
Insulation material
Plastic Optical Fiber
Superconductors
Safety: fire behavior of cables

12. State of the art technologies
The thinnest cable: diameter of 12 microns
The most powerful cable: 550,000 Volts
The longest cable: 125 km
The deepest undersea cable: 2,300 m water depth
The heaviest cable: 123 kg per meter
The most resistant cable: up to 1,000°C

13. At the core of advanced technological achievements
Airbus A380: new generation of passenger aircraft
Horns Rev: the biggest offshore windfarm worldwide
Petronas Towers: 2 super skyscrapers in Malaysia
Queen Mary II: the biggest cruise ship in the world
Transrapid: first magnetic levitation train in Shanghai

14. Global expert in cables and cabling systems
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