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In 2023, sales of cable manufacturers in France were €3.5 billion. Over 50% of production is exported
The global connector industry is expanding and is estimated to be worth between $65 and $85 billion, with China, the United States and Europe being the main producing countries. The market is driven by growth in the electrical and communications cables, aeronautics and automotive sectors, which together account for 85% of the market.
Connectors account for 25% of the total electronic components market.
France occupies an important place in Europe, with a market for electrical and communication wires and cables driven by the energy, automotive, aerospace and defense cable sectors, as well as fiber optics. The national rollout of the fiber optic network has put France in a leading position in Europe for high-speed domestic connections.
The main players in the French market are Nexans, Prysmian Cables and Silec Cable. The total number of companies in the connectivity sector has been on a downward trend until a recent upturn fueled by an increase in the number of companies manufacturing fiber optic cables.
Players in the European and French electrical and communications cable markets
Nexans is a major player in the market, known for its comprehensive range of cabling solutions for a wide range of industries.
Prysmian Cables Systèmes is another major market player, offering a wide selection of cabling products.
Silec Cable, the French subsidiary of Italy's Prysmian Group
Alcatel Submarine Networks specializes in submarine cable systems, which play an essential role in international data and communications networks.
Acome specializes in the manufacture of cables, particularly for the automotive infrastructure and telecommunications sectors.
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1.1 Presentation and definition of the market
The market for electrical and communication cables includes the sale of all the articles of electrotechnical physical connections and electronics (card connectors) as well as data connection industrialists This study therefore excludes small cables for personal and domestic use, such as microcomputer products (motherboards, external connectors), audio, video and telecommunications transmission connectors, as well as plugs, chargers and other small connectors. In order to avoid the multiplication of cables, systems such as WIFI for the Internet or Bluetooth for data transmission have appeared since the early 2000s: this weakens the market while new technologies such as the optic fibre are helping to revitalize it. Connectics thus brings together technologies related to physical connections between devices as well as data transmission and is at the border of several disciplines such as plastics processing, chemistry, mechanics and electronics.
The connector market is thus a segment of the more global market of electronic components The latter mainly concerns the industrial, automotive and aerospace markets, which are its three main outlets. In 2017, connectors and cables accounted for 25% of the electronic components market. [ Ministry of Economy and Finance ]
Today, connectors are used in almost all equipment and systems for the efficient operation of peripherals in the home and office. With the technology upgrades as a result, connectors are increasingly being designed for versatile and long-term use. The latest trend that is gaining momentum in the market is the increasing adoption of automotive electronics . The increasing use of connectors in various automotive electronic devices such as navigation, steering, brakes and cruise control is expected to be a new trend in the connector market. Finally, developments in the construction in France and the investment trends of electricity and telecommunications operators are important determinants of the market.
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- Répartition des ventes par région
- Production de voitures pour particuliers
- Voitures électroniques immatriculées
- Acteurs majeurs de la connectique
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Nexans completes the acquisition of La Triveneta Cavi, Italy's iconic cable company - 11/02/2024
- Nexans is a global giant in the manufacture of electrical cables.
- Triveneta Cavi, an Italian company specializing in low-voltage cables, is about to be acquired by Nexans.
- This acquisition should bring Nexans more than 800 million euros in additional sales.
- The deal will add four new sites to Nexans, which already owns three. Triveneta Cavi is present in 30 countries and has 700 employees.
- Worldwide demand for fire safety cables is expected to grow by +13% between 2021 and 2030.
- French plants account for 27% of the drop in electricity consumption in France.
Nexans strengthens its position in Morocco with a third plant - 14/12/2023
- Present in Morocco with two plants - one in Casablanca, the other in Mohammedia - the Nexans Group announces the construction of a third production unit by 2026.
- An investment of 100 million euros
- The future plant will develop the production of medium-voltage power cables. Over 200 direct jobs will be created.
Nexans invests in a third cable ship - 28/08/2023
- Nexans has announced a new cable-laying vessel for 2026 with a capacity of 13,500 tons.
- The vessel will be capable of laying four cables simultaneously.
- Nexans has signed a contract worth 1.7 billion euros, the largest in its history, with TenneT
- The offshore wind market is expected to represent a cable demand of 4 billion euros per year from 2023-2024.
- Nexans has been awarded a 1.43 billion euros contract for the EuroAsia Interconnector project.
Europe goes on the offensive against Chinese fiber optics - 13/06/2023
- Anti-dumping duties on Chinese fiber optics manufacturers are set to rise from 14.6%-33.7% to over 60% this autumn.
- In 2019, massive imports of Chinese optical fiber had led to the temporary halt of production in several European factories.
- Despite taxes, the price of Chinese optical fiber continued to fall.
- Energy consumption is seven times more expensive for European fiber optic players than for the rest of the world.
- Europe is currently 55% covered by fiber optics, while Portugal (91%), Spain (87%) and France (77%) are virtually covered.
- Chinese fiber optics giants have bought up cable factories in Spain and Poland to produce locally and avoid customs duties.
Nexans signs a record-breaking offshore wind power contract - 05/05/2023
- Nexans wins 1.7 billion euros order from Dutch power grid operator Tennet.
- Target of connecting 40 gigawatts of new wind power capacity to land in the North Sea by 2030.
- Nexans' Italian rival Prysmian signed a 1.8 billion euros contract with Tennet in March.
- Nexans wins three lots for the installation of more than 2,160 km of submarine and land cables.
- Projects to be carried out sequentially until 2030.
- Nexans profit in 2022 up 52% and sales up 11.8% to 8.4 billion euros.
Nexans prepares the future of cable in its new R&D center. - 11/07/2022
- The group is developing the superconducting cable and the submarine cable for the electricity highways, which carry the power of several nuclear power plants.
- Today, the 7-billion-euro group is preparing "the third era of electrification".
- Nexans is stepping up the pace of innovation with its new global R&D center inaugurated in Lyon: a 30 million euro investment in the transport and distribution of the electricity of the future.
- After equipping Chicago, Nexans is about to install it at the Montparnasse train station: a French first and a world first in the railway world.
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