EoW September 2010

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Nexans has opened a newmanufacturing plant in Mohammedia (Morocco), entirely dedicated to aircraft cables. The plant is the result of an agreement between Nexans and Airbus for the supply of advanced cables for the A320, A350 and A380 aircraft. This investment of nearly €10 million strengthens Nexans’ aeronautical business as well as the core business of its Moroccan subsidiary, which already has strong expertise in manufacturing cables for the automotive, building and infrastructure industries. This is Nexans’ third plant dedicated to aircraft cables; similar facilities are based in France and the United States. the Mohammedia plant to accommodate a production area of 3,000m² designed to manufacture 21,000km of cables per year, of which 70% will be exported. Aircraft cable manufacturing plant in Morocco ...and a submarine cable contract in UK Nexans has redeveloped In the UK, Nexans has been awarded a major contract by Lincs Wind Farm Ltd to supply the medium voltage submarine array cables and associated accessories for the 270MW Lincs offshore wind farm to be constructed off the east coast of England. The contract for the Lincs wind farm medium voltage array cables covers the design, manufacture and supply of 64.8km of 3-core cable with a conductor cross-section of 185mm² and 20.5km of 3-core cable with a conductor cross-section of 630mm². The cables will also incorporate fibre optic cables for the monitoring and control of the wind farm. The array cables will be produced at the Nexans plants in Germany and Norway. Accessories are scheduled for delivery at the end of 2010, while delivery of the cables will start in March 2011. Nexans – France Fax : +33 15669 8484 Email : nexans.web@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com

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EuroWire – September 2010