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ALSECURE NXS keeps tennis tournament running during major building project
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 Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, announces that its safety cable will help ensure that this year’s Wimbledon tennis tournament can take place in the midst of a major construction project.  The group has provided more than 5 km of Nexans’ ALSECURE NXS prewired conduit cable. Halogen-free and flame retardant, with minimal smoke emission, ALSECURE NXS cable is designed to protect people and property from the emission of toxic gases and deadly fumes in the event of a fire. Installed over the last two months, it will be used to power the legendary tournament’s huge array of facilities, including lighting, kitchens, hospitality areas, commentary boxes and scoreboards.
The All England Lawn Tennis Club is in the middle of a three-year, £125m project to build a new translucent, retractable roof over Centre Court, increase capacity from 13,800 to 15,000 seats and improve catering facilities.
'We were looking for an armoured cable that was easy to install, and Nexans’ NXS was ideal. Moreover, any cable we needed was available on a next-day basis, which is really useful when you are working on a fast-moving building project like this one”, said Geoff Williams of Pace Services, the electrical contractors on the project.
Croydon-based wholesaler Rexel Senate supplied the cable to Pace, who are working for the project’s principal contractor, Galliford Try.
 Fail-safe circuitALSECURE NXS cable is ideal for partitioned walls and voids, and will operate 32A Type B MCB circuit breakers if penetrated by a sharp object, providing the ability for an electrical circuit to fail safe. ALSECURE NXS cable provides its own containment, so there is no need for expensive conduit or steel wired armoured cable.
It is suitable for installation both indoors and outside, in cable trays and baskets, in roof spaces and ductwork, directly on brick, stone, metal and other materials, behind plaster and as part of modular wiring systems.
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About Nexans
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With energy as the basis of its development, Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, offers an extensive range of cables and cabling systems. The Group is a global player in the infrastructure, industry and building markets. Nexans addresses a series of market segments from energy, transport and telecom networks to shipbuilding, oil and gas, nuclear, automotive, electronics, aeronautics, handling and automation.
With an industrial presence in more than 30 countries and commercial activities worldwide, Nexans employs 21,000 people and had sales in 2006 of 7.5 billion euros. Nexans is listed on the Paris stock exchange, compartment A of the Eurolist of Euronext. More information on www.nexans.com
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