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In addition to the high-technology and innovation demonstrated by the MOTIONLINE® cables, a key element in winning the contract was Nexans' own dedicated Motion Application Centre (MAC), which is part of the Nexans Research Centre (NRC) in Nuremberg. This facility, unique in the industry, enables cables to be exposed to dynamic operating loads that simulate realistic, in-service conditions, thus ensuring that they offer the ideal combination of bending, tension and torsional strength and vibration resistance required for their intended application.

Usually when cable is stolen the insulation, which could be used to identify the owner, is burnt off the cable just leaving the copper conductor. In contrast to more complex and expensive tagging techniques such as those using rare earth elements, Nexans’ CORE-TAG® solution involves installing a coded fire-resistant copper tape that is intertwined in the conductor.The dot-matrix markings on the coded tape – typically identifying the owner (RFF in this case) – make it easy to trace the origins of the stolen copper when it is brought to a scrap dealer, even after the insulation has been burnt off.

“We are very proud that, following a Europe-wide tender process, Infrabel has awarded Nexans the contract to supply most of its 1 kV power distribution cables for the next two years. This will amount to more than 5’300 km of cables, 90 percent of which will be manufactured by our Belgian units. The remaining 10 percent will be produced by other Nexans plants across Europe,”

Following receipt of expressions of interest, Nexans is exploring the possibility of the sale of its Berk-Tek copper and fiber cable activity in the US. Berk-Tek focuses on cables for local area network applications and generates annual sales of approximately $200 million.

"The Asian market has shown rapid growth, reaching US$1.8 billion in 2010," says Integer Research Director, Philip Radbourne. "Prysmian, Nexans, Leoni and General Cable dominate the market for specialty industrial cables. General Cable dominates North American, whilst Prysmian, Nexans and Leoni have expanded their operations from Western Europe into Asia." There are also a number of other producers of specialty cable, from Lapp, LS Cable, Fujikura, Furukawa Electric, through to TMC, Hien Electric, and Habia Cable. These companies have built market share in their niche products area on a regional basis. The same is true of leading Chinese shipboard cable maker Yuanyang (Yangzhou Marine Cable) "North America and Western Europe have shown the highest growth rates in the renewables markets - wind turbines and solar farms. However, Asia has been showing impressive growth in a range of end-use sectors. This certainly may explain Nexans and Prysmian's strategy of moving into the Middle East and Asia," says Sebastien Chu Ti, analyst at Integer Research.

The presentation of Nexans’  2013 Full-Year Results will take place on Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at 9:00 AM, in Paris

While the long-term outlook is positive thanks to a number of powerful trends in today's society, including urbanization in developing countries, growing requirements for interconnection and the development of electrical infrastructure, and the global expansion of renewable energies, the short‑term outlook is more problematic.We expect growth to remain lackluster in Europe (apart from for certain niche products), and the recovery in the U.S. markets is likely to stay muted. Two thirds of the forecast growth in our markets for the next two to three years will come from emerging countries.The Group’s exposure to Europe and the USA of almost 60% and the persistent slowdown in South America and the Asia-Pacific region (Australia), have weighed on the Group’s performance over the last 18 months, and this trend is set to continue during the rest of 2014. In view of this situation, Nexans now forecasts sales to decrease by around 4% on an organic basis in the third quarter of 2014, and growth to be flat for the year as a whole.

The 2014 Europacable General Assembly on 24 June saw changes in leadership Mr. Valerio Battista, CEO of Prysmian Group, was elected new Europacable President to succeed Mr. Frédéric Vincent, Chairman and CEO of Nexans; Mr. Pascal Portevin, Senior Corporate Executive VP of Nexans, was elected new Chairman of the Europacable Executive Board following Mr. Fabio Romeo, Chief Strategy Officer of Prysmian Group, who has lead the Executive Board since its foundation.