Nexans ended the first half of 2016 on a buoyant note. A pioneer in renewable energies, the group notched up quite a few commercial successes in its key business areas.
In the energy infrastructure sector, it won a contract worth around €245m connect the Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm to the Scottish grid. It is currently is expanding the international coverage of its umbilical cables with a new project in Australia for OneSubsea. 
The group was successful in the telecommunications sector during the first half of 2016, securing a contract to supply submarine fibre-optic cables as part of Brazil's Amazônia Conectada programme, which aims to bring internet to four million inhabitants in the Amazon rainforest.
Nexans has also launched a new WINDLINK® solution for wind turbines that proposes low-voltage aluminium cables that are lighter and more cost-effective than traditional copper cables.
Nexans Norway, one of the group companies, is a renowned cable manufacturer. It produces and installs copper and aluminium power cables and advanced umbilicals to transmit power and signals. The company's product range also includes special-purpose cables for direct electrical heating of flow lines, for seismic surveys, for controlling remotely operated vehicles (ROV) and fibre-optic cables.
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