Mixed Shareholders' Meeting of may 13th, 2020
Under the terms of the frame agreement, Nexans will supply Alstom with tens of thousands of kilometers of cables a year to form the electrical backbone of trains in applications ranging from high voltage cables for the pantograph and power distribution but also control and data cables for sensors. Typically, a one meter length of a modern train carriage will be fitted with around one kilometer of cables. Increased levels of data handling are essential to support passenger information and entertainment systems, as well as train monitoring systems. Therefore, Nexans designed new types of communication cables for Alstom including Ethernet cables for faster data transmission and low loss coaxial cables for antenna – essential for wifi development.