NKT Cables GmbH

History

History - worldwide company

2013         Acquisition of Ericsson power cable operations, Sweden     
2010        Acquisition of Aussa Power Products ltd. in Brisbane, Australia
2010    Opening the new state-of-the-art production plant in Cologne, Germany   
2009    Integration of HFB GmbH, Germany in the nkt cables GmbH
2009    Acquisition of HV cable factory in Cangzhou, China
2007    Acquisition of Kablo Electro, Czech Republic and of CCC GmbH, Germany
2007    Opening of 2nd production plant in China
2004    Acquisition of Norwegian Odin Kabel A/S
2002    One name nkt cables for all companies
1999    Acquisition of Felten & Guilleaume Kabelwerke GmbH, Germany
1965    Acquisition of G. Kirks Kabelfabrikker, Asnæs, and Birkegaardens Briketfabrik, Stenlille
1933    Acquisition of Dansk Søm & Traadfabrik A/S
1922    Acquisition of Den Danske Kabelfabrik
1919    Acquisition of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. Bruuns Jerntrådsspinderi, Varde
1898    The activities of Nordisk Kabelfabrik are taken over by the newly formed limited company Nordiske Kabel og Traadfabriker
1894    The business is renamed Nordisk Kabelfabrik
1891    Founding of Nordisk Elektrisk Ledningstråd og kabel-fabrik

History – Product Development

2010     Receiving the world's largest submarine cable project in Anholt, Denmark
2009    Baltic 1 turnkey wind farm connection project: First offshore windfarm in the Baltic Sea, Germany
2008    First very high speed line worldwide: Operating speed of 350 km/h, Beijing-Tianjin, China
2008    Biggest project worldwide for 400 kV cable system
2002               nkt cables receives the EU environmental award for the development and marketing of PVC and halogen free NOPOVIC® cables
2001    As the first company in the world, nkt cables puts a superconducting cable into service
1999    The second phase of the world's largest 420 KV XLPE cable project was carried through. Hereafter a total installation of 102 km
1998     Development and test of the first 600 kV HDVC cable in the world
1997    Completion of the first phase of the world's first 420 kV XLPE cable project with delivery of a total of 66 km for the Metropolitan Power Project in Copenhagen
1995    nkt cables introduces the PVC and halogen free cable NOPOVIC®. The same year nkt cables puts the Kontek 400 kV HVDC project into service
1993    As the first company in the world nkt cables introduces the lead free cable
1991    The recycling plant in Stenlille received the EU environmental award for its recycling of telephone cables containing jelly
1986    Development and production of the world's first cross-linked 145 kV XLPE cables
1980    The manufacture of optical fibre cables is started
1969    The manufacture of XLPE cables is started
1960    nkt cables develops the first methods to recycle cable scrap
1922    nkt cables manufactures the first telephone cables




Management, nkt cables group

Marc van't Noordende (1958), CEO
(joined nkt cables in 2011)

Previous employment (amongst others)
COO and Member of the Executive Board of Essent N.V.;
Arnhem, The Netherlands. Various positions at Akzo Nobel
N.V. in the Netherlands, France, Italy and the USA

Education
MBA INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
Law degree University of Leiden, Netherlands
   

Detlev Waimann (1966), President Projects Business
(joined nkt cables in 1994)

Previous employment (amongst others)
CEO nkt cables GmbH Cologne and nkt cables GmbH
Nordenham CEO for MV Accessories & Cabinets; Felten
& Guilleaume AG/nkt cables GmbH Head of installation
Department; Felten & Guilleaume AG -  Site Supervisor
for HV installation projects

Education
Electrical Engineer


Henrik Bøggild (1972), CFO
(joined nkt cables in 2012)

Previous employment (amongst others)
CFO AE&E Lentjes, Ratingen/Germany. Various Finance management positions in AE&E Group, Groupe Alstom, Havells Sylvania and PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Denmark, France and Germany.

Education
Master of Science in Business Administration
   

Peter Becker (1967), President Products Business
(joined nkt cables in 2013)

Previous employment (amongst others)
Vice President Supply Chain, Hagemeyer Deutchland GmBH, belonging to Rexel Group, Electrical Wholesaler. CEO and Managing Director positions in COS Group and Actebis Group, IT Wholesalers

Education:
Master of Business Administration, Sheffield Hallam University (UK), Graduate Industrial Engineer,
Graduate Engineer in Physics
   

Geoffrey Cao (1971), President APAC
(joined nkt cables in 2013)

Previous employment (amongst others)
Managing Director, G&W Electric Shanghai Limited,
Global Sales Strategy Manager, Siemens AG,
Project Manager, Rolls-Royce Shanghai Office

Education
Bachelor's degree of Electrical Engineering, majored in high voltage technology and equipment, Shanghai Jiao Tong University




Vision

Our vision

nkt cables is creating value for its customers by providing solutions with cables

Our main values

Customer focus
For nkt cables, customer focus means giving the customers exactly what they need. This applies both to products and to services. To achieve this, we always listen to our customers, understand their requirements and develop appropriate solutions. This encompasses expert advice to make sure that our customers receive no less than they need and that they don't pay for more than they really require.

Innovation/creativity
For nkt cables, innovation through creativity means constant innovation, innovative products and innovative services leading to innovative solutions. We consider unusual solutions for products and for processes. We are pro-active and anticipate what our customers need. We are open-minded and judge new ideas by their merits. We always ask ourselves the question: Is there a better way of doing this? And we find the right answer to that question.

Reliability
For nkt cables, reliability means that a customer can always rely on us, on our services and on our products. It means always keeping our promises, being honest and open, providing all required assistance and delivering the product in excellent condition, in the quantity ordered and at the time promised.



Key Figures

    3,700 employees
    15 production sites
    sales offices all over the world
    turnover 2012 around 1.1 bn EUR

Development in turnover



Sales by customer 2012



Sales by application areas 2012



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