Nexans Awarded 'Structured Cabling Vendor of the Year' at the Network World Middle East Awards 2013

Online, April 3, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Nexans, the worldwide leader in cables and cabling systems, today announced that it has won the 'Structured Cabling Vendor of the Year' award at the recently held Network World Middle East Awards 2013 in Dubai. Nexans was chosen by a panel of judges over other cabling vendors for its commitment to providing the latest and best in cabling solutions to its customers and partners in the region and its team's commitment in providing the highest level expertise, excellence, customer service and support.

"Nexans believes in offering our customers only the most innovative and intelligent cabling solutions, which allows them to invest in a future proof network today and lower IT costs for the next decade," says Mr. Tarek Helmy, Regional Director Gulf and Middle East, South & East Africa of Nexans Cabling Solutions.

"Being named the Structured Cabling Vendor of the year for 2013 at the Network World Awards 2013 is an honor for Nexans. We would like to thank the editors of CPI Publishing and the judges for unanimously choosing Nexans over other cabling vendors. This award recognizes our company's commitment to providing only the best and most innovative cabling solutions to our customers and partners in the region. It is also a testimony of our team's hard work and dedication to our customers and partners in the region," Mr. Helmy added.

The annual Network World Middle East Awards celebrate innovative and transformative networking projects in the Middle East and the vendors behind them. The awards honor both users and vendors and recognize innovation on all sides of the IT industry. Nexans beat off strong competition to win this prestigious award for its solid cabling solutions portfolio, expertise and excellent customer service and support.

Nexans offers a wide range of solutions that fit the customers' present and future needs. The company offers a complete range of copper and fiber network solutions to meet companies' network requirements, including innovations such as the RJ-45 backward compatible Cat7A solution and LANsense - an intelligent infrastructure platform with power management and environmental monitoring tools.

In 2012, Nexans Cabling Solutions celebrated 20 years of successfully enabling thousands of customers to invest in future-proof, high-bandwidth networks, lower their operational costs and look to the future with confidence. The company experienced significant growth in its Middle East LAN infrastructure business because of winning some large infrastructure projects in countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Jordan to name a few. The company has secured many sizable projects and major references during 2012, and is expecting further growth in 2013 and beyond.

About Nexans
With energy at the basis of its development, Nexans, worldwide expert in the cable industry, offers an extensive range of cables and cabling solutions. The Group is a global player in the energy transmission and distribution, industry and building markets. Nexans addresses a wide series of market segments: from energy and telecom networks to energy resources (wind turbines, photovoltaic, oil and gas, and mining) to transportation (shipbuilding, aerospace, automotive and automation, and railways). Nexans is a responsible industrial company that regards sustainable development as integral to its global and operational strategy. Continuous innovation in products, solutions and services, employee development and commitment, customer orientation and the introduction of safe industrial processes with limited environmental impact are among the key initiatives that place Nexans at the core of a sustainable future.
With an industrial presence in 40 countries and commercial activities worldwide, Nexans employs 25,000 people and had sales in 2012 of nearly 7.2 billion euros. Nexans is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris, compartment A.
For more information, please consult: www.nexans.be