A royal renovation

Nexans has signed a sponsoring agreement with the Public Corporation of the National Museum and Estate of the Palace of Versailles (EPV).

As part of this initiative, Nexans will supply free power and data cables for the Trianon Palace, the Grand Lodgings and the EPV’s Royal Opera. This first tranche of sponsorship is valued at between 500,000 and 1 million euros.

Nexans will be contributing to the renovation of technical networks in the Château and Estate of Versailles, as part of the Great Versailles project which runs from 2007 to 2011. This project includes making the Royal Opera compliant with safety standards, upgrading networks and creating a power hub under the Grand Lodgings courtyard, reorganizing the visitors’ reception at the Dufour Pavilion and rearranging the groves near the Ballroom and the Fountain of Apollo.

Nexans will supply a range of low and medium voltage power cables, telecommunications cables and fiber-optic cables. To ensure that the whole estate meets current security and safety regulations, most of the cables will have enhanced fire-resistant characteristics, including non-propagation of toxic gases and low smoke generation.

After this first tranche of sponsorship, Nexans would like to further its participation in the Great Versailles project by contributing to the renovation works for the Little Park.