Nexans Schweiz AG

About Nexans Schweiz

Nexans Schweiz AG, headquartered in Cortaillod, develops and manufactures energy cables for power grids, infrastructure and industry. The portfolio comprises high-voltage and low-voltage/medium-voltage cables (including GKN+, GKN+ FLEX, XDALT), specialty cables such as the silicone rubber cable SIWO-KUL for wind turbines, motors, generators, shipbuilding and railways, as well as interlocking and balise cables, telecommunication and fiber-optic cables, and LV/MV and HV accessories such as plugs, terminations, joints and fixing clamps. In addition to manufacturing, the company offers engineering and technical pre-studies, cable sizing with EASYCALC, transport, installation, and diagnostics and testing; orders, documents and drum management are available digitally via eService. Materials include in particular copper and aluminium as conductors as well as plastics such as XLPE, PE, EPDM and silicone rubber. Customers include grid operators such as AXPO and Swissgrid; reference projects include the Grono cable project with AXPO and the planned high-voltage HV cable route in the Gotthard road tunnel with Swissgrid. The plant operates on 100 % renewable electricity; production has been centralized at the Cortaillod main plant since 2016.

Site

Cortaillod

Processes

High-voltage cable solutions (from 1 km, IEC-compliant), Technical pre-study, engineering and installation, Consulting, eService (orders, documents, drum returns), EASYCALC cable sizing, Connected drums, Transport / installation / diagnostics and testing

Materials

Copper, Aluminium, Silicone rubber (SIWO-KUL insulation), XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene), Polyethylene (PE outer sheath), EPDM, Steel (steel cap of surge arrester), Polyethylene (PE)

Certificates

ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, EcoVadis (78/100, 94th percentile), ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, EcoVadis 78/100, PEP Ecopassport

Founded

1879

Industries

Power transmission and distribution, Infrastructure and buildings, Industry (motors, generators, drives), Shipbuilding, Wind power, Railways

1. 01

   Engineering and technical pre-study / cable sizing (EASYCALC)

2. 02

   Cable manufacturing in Cortaillod

3. 03

   Production of accessories (LV/MV/HV)

4. 04

   Transport

5. 05

   Installation

6. 06

   Diagnostics and testing

7. 07

   eService / Connected drums (digital order and drum management)

Materials and Processes

Sites

Cortaillod

CH

Main plant, administration and production

Materials

Copper, aluminium, XLPE, PE, EPDM, silicone rubber

Cables and Products

Inside the production

Quality and Certifications

Nexans Schweiz operates certified management systems according to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 and was rated by EcoVadis with 78/100 (94th percentile). PEP Ecopassports document the environmental impact of the products over the entire life cycle.

History

1. 1879

   Foundation of the Cortaillod cable works

2. 1881

   François Borel invents the lead press

3. 1892

   First 3-kV cables in Paris (Champs-Élysées)

4. 1897

   Foundation of the Société Française des Câbles Électriques in Lyon

5. 1898

   Foundation of Südkabel in Mannheim

6. 1918

   First 66-kV mass-impregnated cables for the SBB

7. 1928

   First 132-kV oil-filled cables for the SBB

8. 1948

   First 18-kV PE cables

9. 1959

   Trials with 400-kV oil-filled cables

10. 1970

    First XLPE low-voltage cables

11. 1978

    Manufacture of optical fibers

12. 1990

    First 400-kV XLPE cables

13. 1995

    Merger of Cortaillod and Cossonay

14. 1997

    Cortaillod-Cossonay is acquired by Alcatel

15. 2000

    Foundation of Nexans

16. 2016

    Centralization of production at the Cortaillod site