Nexans Group Presentation

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Global expert in cables and cabling systems Mike
Holmes, UK Marketing Communications
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A worldwide leader

• 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
Based on sales at constant metal prices
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More than 100 years of experience

• 1897 Société Française des Câbles Electriques
• 1917 Becomes Compagnie Générale des Câbles de
  Lyon
• 1925 Merger with Compagnie Générale
  dElectricité
• 1986 Part of Alcatel Alcatel Cable
• 2000 Creation of Nexans
• 2001 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),

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Global presence

• Plants in 29 countries and commercial activities
  in 65 countries
• 20,000 local experts
• Mastery of national and international standards

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Businesses.
Nexans UK Businesses
Main UK Sites

• Abbey Wood, London
• Head Office
• Manufacturing LAN Cables
• Sales Office
• Infrastructure Industrial Market
• Milton Keynes
• UK Logistics Centre
• Sales Office
• Building Market/Wholesalers
• Normanton, Yorkshire
• Manufacturing wire
• Sales office - conductors
• Athlone, Ireland
• Manufacturing energy
• Sales office Ireland

• Nexans UK Ltd
• Nexans Logistics Ltd
• Nexans Cabling Systems
• Nexans Ireland
• Nexans Power Accessories
• Hi-Wire
• Tri-Wire

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Key Figures
UK turnover 175M
includes export sales c15M
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Expertise dedicated to 3 key markets
Building
Industry
Infrastructure
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Example Global cable solutions for building
Fire security cables
Elevator cables
Industrial LAN
Low Voltage Wires for HVAC
Multimedia
AV surveillance cables
Alarm wires for burglar alarm
MV cabinet
Heating cables
Copper Fiber LAN
Process control
MV power cables
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Example Global cable solutions for oil gas
ROV dynamic umbilicals
Data acquisition cables
Maritime LAN
Transfer lines
Fire-performance mud-resistant cables
Instrumentation cables
Copper/fiber LAN
Umbilicals
Accessories custom software
Remote Operated Vehicles
Marine fiber backbones
Optical fiber backbones
LV, MV, HV cables
Heating cables
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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
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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

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State of the art technologies
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At the core of advanced technological
achievements
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Global expert in cables and cabling
systems Thank you for your attention