Blog Posts

Benoit Binet May 11, 2020

The cable that keeps metro passengers safe

Nexans K25 power cables offer the best fire safety performance in the market. That’s why K25 is used where safety matters most – in stations and tunnels on the Paris Metro.

Benoit Binet Nov 25, 2019

The chip that builds your railway faster

Keeping track of plant and building materials on a major project, such as the Grand Paris Express, is a big challenge. But thanks to tiny GPS tracking devices, it’s now possible to keep tabs on critical building materials – all the way from the factory floor to the trackside. The prize: faster deployment with reduced loss and theft

Benoit Binet Oct 7, 2019

Say hello to the Plug and Play railway

Off-Site Manufacturing (OSM) techniques could revolutionise the delivery of new railways (and upgrades of existing ones). From a cabling perspective, that could include precision cutting of cables for the customer and the integration of cable accessories in the factory, instead of on site. The prize is faster, safer delivery – with optimum precision?

Benoit Binet Sep 9, 2019

How do you build a new railway network? (without bringing the city to a standstill)

Building a brand new railway in a city is like performing open heart surgery while the patient is running a marathon. How can disruption be minimised?