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Nexans

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French copper and optical fibre cable company

Nexans S.A. is a global company in the cable and optical fibre industry headquartered in Paris, France. The group is active in four main business areas: buildings and territories (construction, local infrastructure, smart cities / grids, e-mobility), high voltage and projects (offshore wind farms, subsea interconnections, land high voltage), data and telecoms (telecom networks), data transmission, FTTx, LAN cabling, renewable energies, petroleum, railways and rolling stock, aeronautical and automation.² It was founded by Alcatel-Lucent.¹ It employed about 25,800 people.¹ Its revenue was €5.8 billion in 2016.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jul 2000Founded¹

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TickerNEX on Euronext Paris¹
Industryactivities of head offices¹
HeadquartersParis¹
Websitewww.nexans.com
Legal formpublic limited company with a board of directors (n.o.s.)¹
Slogan“Electrify the Future”¹
LEI96950015FU78G84UIV14³
StatusActive³
LEI statusIssued and current³
Registered address39 ESPLANADE DU GENERAL DE GAULLE, 92800 Puteaux, France³
Registered withNational Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, 393525852³

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Nexans S.A. is a global company in the cable and optical fibre industry headquartered in Paris, France.²

Corporate structure

Nexans sits at the top of its group. 40 entities, 19 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Nexans Puteaux, France
- Nexans (Norway) Oslo, Norway
- Nexans Deutschland GmbH Hannover, Germany
  - Nexans Advanced Networking Solutions GmbH Subsidiary · Hannover, Germany
- Nexans Sweden Grimsas, Sweden
- Elektrokontakt Ukraine Subsidiary · Peremyshliany, Ukraine
- Nexans (United Kingdom) Subsidiary · Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
- AUTOELECTRIC OF AMERICA, INC. Subsidiary · San Antonio, Texas, United States
- Elektrokontakt GmbH Subsidiary · Floß, Germany
- lingse-okolia(ju) (링세오코리아(주)) Subsidiary · Seoul – Songpa-Gu, South Korea
- LYNXEO ITALIA S.P.A. Subsidiary · Pioltello, Italy
- NEXANS AURORA AS Subsidiary · Oslo, Norway
- Nexans autoelectric GmbH Subsidiary · Floß, Germany
- NEXANS BRASIL S/A Subsidiary · Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
- NEXANS CANADA INC. Subsidiary · Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
- NEXANS ENERGY USA INC. Subsidiary · Chester, New York, United States
- NEXANS FRANCE Subsidiary · Puteaux, France
  - AGINODE FRANCE SASU Subsidiary · Courbevoie, France
  - LYNXEO AEROSPACE & HEALTHCARE FRANCE Subsidiary · Puteaux, France
  - LYNXEO FRANCE Subsidiary · Puteaux, France
- NEXANS HELLAS S.A. (NEXANS ΕΛΛΑΣ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΒΙΟΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ) Subsidiary · Athens, Greece
- NEXANS HIGH VOLTAGE USA INC. Subsidiary · Goose Creek, South Carolina, United States
- NEXANS IBERIA SL Subsidiary · Granollers, Spain
- NEXANS ITALIA S.P.A. Subsidiary · Milano, Italy
- NEXANS LOGISTICS LIMITED Subsidiary · Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
- Nexans Nederland B.V. Subsidiary · Schiedam, Netherlands
- NEXANS NETWORK SOLUTIONS Subsidiary · Halle, Belgium
- NEXANS NEW ZEALAND LIMITED Subsidiary · New Plymouth, New Zealand
- NEXANS PARTICIPATIONS Subsidiary · Puteaux, France
  - LYNXEO SYSTEMS DENMARK A/S Subsidiary · 100% · Viborg, Denmark
  - 극동전선(주) Subsidiary · 88.2% · 진천군, South Korea
  - LYNXEO FINANCIAL SERVICES Subsidiary · Puteaux, France
  - NEXANS BENELUX Subsidiary · Charleroi, Belgium
  - NEXANS FINANCIAL AND TRADING SERVICES Subsidiary · Puteaux, France
  - OPTICABLE Subsidiary · Frameries, Belgium
- NEXANS POWER ACCESSORIES FRANCE Subsidiary · Donchery, France
- and 5 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Nexans reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Nexans Aurora
Nexans Skagerrak

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.¹

The story

Founded by Alcatel-Lucent on Jul 2000.¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Also owns

Nexans Aurora
Nexans Skagerrak

Subsidiaries (GLEIF)

Nexans (Norway)⁵

From Wikidata.¹ Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

20165.8B EUR¹

Timeline

2001Went public Listed on Euronext Paris¹
Jul 2000Founded Founded¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataNexans on Wikidata
2
WikipediaNexans on Wikipedia
3
GLEIFNexans LEI record (96950015FU78G84UIV14)
4
Wikimedia CommonsNexans logo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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GLEIFNexans (Norway): LEI record
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Wikimedia CommonsNexans photo by Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Scalable Grid Engine, CC0