Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 21, 2015: Nexans, the worldwide leader in cables and cabling systems won the 'Cabling Vendor of the Year' award at the 11th Network Middle East Innovation Awards 2015 held in Dubai. This award recognizes Nexans' commitment to provide the latest and best in cabling solutions, key regional deployments and the highest level of expertise, customer service and support.

"We are proud to be recognised as the 'Cabling Vendor of the Year' which makes this our eight major award in this region over the last three years. Nexans has successfully enabled thousands of customers to invest in future-proof, high-bandwidth networks, lower their operational costs and look to the future with confidence. Last year, Nexans experienced significant growth in its Middle East LAN infrastructure business as we won some large infrastructure projects in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Jordan. At Nexans we have aimed to offer the most innovative and intelligent LAN cabling solutions to our customers and this award recognizes this perseverance," said Mr. Tarek Helmy, Regional Director Gulf and Middle East, South & East Africa of Nexans Cabling Solutions.

Now in its 11th year, the Network Middle East Innovation Awards celebrates the achievements of networking professionals, service providers and vendors that have worked on the most challenging projects and implementations in the last 12 months. Product innovation, quality service, customer deployments and commitment to the region were the criteria set for this award category. Fending off strong competition, Nexans triumphed due to its solid cabling solutions portfolio, expertise and excellent customer service and support.

Celebrating this win, Mr. Helmy said, "The belief and support that our customers and partners have shown us makes us continue to invest in R&D to bring the latest and most innovative cabling solutions to the market and we would like to thank them as they are one of the major reasons for our success. We would also like to thank the judges and ITP for this recognition."

With over 300 guests, the Network Middle East Innovation Awards, held at the InterContinental Dubai Festival City, celebrated the achievements of networking professionals, service providers and vendors that have worked on the region's most challenging of projects and implementations.

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About Nexans
Nexans brings energy to life through an extensive range of cables and cabling solutions that deliver increased performance for our customers worldwide.

Nexans' teams are committed to a partnership approach that supports customers in four main business areas: Power transmission and distribution (submarine and land), Energy resources (Oil & Gas, Mining and Renewables), Transportation (Road, Rail, Air, Sea) and Building (Commercial, Residential and Data Centers).

Nexans' strategy is founded on continuous innovation in products, solutions and services, employee development, customer training and the introduction of safe, low -environmental- impact industrial processes. In 2013, Nexans became the first cable player to create a Foundation to introduce sustained initiatives for access to energy for disadvantaged communities worldwide.

We have an industrial presence in 40 countries and commercial activities worldwide, employing close to 26,000 people and generating sales in 2014 of 6.4 billion euros. Nexans is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris, compartment A.

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