About us
History
- 2005 production of OPPC terminals 24 kV to 245 kV
- 2004 Draka Comteq Joint Venture Alcatel / Draka
- 2001 Expansion of Fibre Production from yearly 2 ’5 millions FKm up to more than 8 millions of Fkm
- 2000 November Nexans was formed, moving Alcatel' s non-fiber cabling operations into a separate entity.
- 1993 Move of F.O. cable plant from kabelmetal and SEL into Mönchengladbach plant
- 1992 Alcatel purchased Kabelwerke Rheydt from AEG. New optical fiber cable plant inauguration
- 1984 production of Single Mode fibres and Single Mode fibre cables
- 1980 production of optical fibres and optical fibre cables (Multimode)
- 1977 production of CATV cables
- 1969 AEG purchased Kabelwerk Rheydt
- 1963 production of coaxial cables
- 1962 production of synthetic material isolated copper cables
- 1910 Start of telecommunication cable production
- 1898 Foundation Kabelwerk Rheydt