(1888PressRelease)
August 08, 2007 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cabling industry, today announced that it is participating in Gitex Technology Week 2007. Nexans will use the leading ICT event as a platform to showcase its best-in-class LAN Infrastructure solutions, launch new products, recruit new channel partners from across the region and meet existing and potential customers and partners under a single roof.
Speaking on their Gitex plans, Mr. Tarek Helmy, Regional Director Gulf & Middle East, Nexans Cabling Solutions, said, "Gitex Technology Week is among the top three IT events in the world, and the largest in the Middle East. It is the perfect forum for us to announce new product launches and promote our existing range of products and solutions. Our main objective at Gitex is to show our commitment to the Middle East market in terms of our leadership in offering latest and best technologies, and Nexans' long-term planning to support its channel partners and end users. We will demonstrate the features of our high-end solutions to a defined list of key customers representing different market verticals. We will also be recruiting new resellers to expand our channel partners’ network in the region."
Nexans offers a wide range of solutions that fit any vertical market segment. At Gitex, Nexans will focus on promoting its high-end solutions such as LANmark7, LANmark6-10G, LANsense Software and Hardware product range and other solutions such as Fiber Optic range and Copper as well. The company will also showcase specific solutions for enterprise LAN, data centres, remote branch networks, and smart building / converged IP applications. Nexans plans to demonstrate its complete solutions for emerging technologies such as Wireless LAN (WLAN), and Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) in addition to holding live demos that will be conducted by Nexans experts from its competence centers in UK and Belgium.
"Nexans objective is to grow its current market share in the region, and to continue its market leading position as LAN infrastructure major supplier. The Middle East is a very important market for us as it is the region with the highest growth rate in terms of sales. We strongly believe that the participation in Gitex Technology Week is a unique gateway to demonstrate our leadership as the LAN infrastructure Technology provider. Gitex is an excellent opportunity to create further awareness on our state-of-the-art products and it will surely enable us in signing new business partnerships with potential System Integrators and resellers which will add to our existing partners’ base in the region," Mr. Helmy added.
Nexans will be exhibiting at Hall No. 1, Stand: B-45 at Gitex Technlogy Week. Senior Global Executives from Nexans will be present at the Nexans stand to meet existing and potential customers and partners.
About Nexans:
Nexans is the worldwide leader in the cable industry. The Group brings an extensive range of advanced copper and optical fiber cable solutions to the infrastructure, industry and building markets. Nexans cables and cabling systems can be found in every area of people's lives, from telecommunications and energy networks, to aerospace, automotive, railways, building, petrochemical, medical applications, etc. With an industrial presence in 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. More information on http://www.nexans.com/
