Nexans Wins 'Best Cabling Vendor of the Year' For the Second Time in 2013

DUBAI, UAE, June 09, 2013 (Press-News.org) Nexans, the worldwide leader in cables and cabling systems, today announced that it has won the 'Best Cabling Vendor of the Year' award at the Network Middle East Innovation Awards 2013 held at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel recently. This award comes close on the heels of the 'Structured Cabling Vendor of the Year' accolade that the company received at the Network World Middle East Awards 2013 held end of March this year.

Nexans was selected by a panel of judges over other cabling vendors for its innovative LAN cabling solutions, expertise, customer service and support and key customer deployments in the region. Winning the 'Best Cabling Vendor of the year' by the two largest and independent IT publications in the Middle East, is a clear recognition of Nexans' strong market position vis-à-vis competition.

Speaking on their feat, Mr. Tarek Helmy, Regional Director Gulf and Middle East, South & East Africa of Nexans Cabling Solutions said, "We are very proud and excited on receiving our second award this year as 'the Best Cabling Vendor' by beating off stiff competition of other cabling vendors. This award is an achievement and an honor for Nexans. It is a testament of our company's efforts to provide end customers with the latest and most innovative cabling solutions and it translates our team's hard work and commitment towards our customers and partners across the Middle East region. We would like to thank the judges and the editor of Network Middle East magazine for choosing Nexans for this accolade. We would also like to dedicate this award to our customers and partners, who are an integral part of our success story in this region."

The annual Network Middle East Innovation Awards are designed to recognize companies that have contributed significantly to the region's IT networking market segment during 2012. The Awards are a means of appreciating the creative approaches being employed by companies in providing for the needs of the market and capitalising on new trends within the consumer and enterprise segments.


The Network Middle East Innovation Awards 2013 paid tribute to end-user companies, IT vendors and distributors for their outstanding contribution and achievements in building the most technologically advance IT Infrastructure as well as offering the Best networking product range in the Middle East. Nexans beat off strong competition from Commscope, R &M, D-link and The Siemon Company to win this prestigious 'Best Cabling Vendor of the Year' award. This is the second win for Nexans in 2013.

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 Data Centre solutions, the RJ-45 backward compatible Cat7A solution for the 40G application, and the LANsense - an intelligent infrastructure platform with power management and environmental monitoring tools. Nexans continues to experience significant growth in its Middle East LAN infrastructure business as the company secured many sizable projects and major references in 2012 and is expecting to grow its business further 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: http://www.nexans.be
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