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Nexans has completed a contract worth approximately 1 million euros to supply low-voltage power cables for the BioWanze project—a new plant producing bioethanol from wheat and sugar beet. The plant, located in Wanze near Huy sur Meuse (Belgium), represents an investment of 250 million euros for the Südzucker Group, Europe’s leading sugar producer. It will produce half of the annual bioethanol volume for the Belgian market, or 125,000 cubic meters per annum during the next six years.

Nexans entered a frame agreement with Siemens NV/SA, the contractor in charge of project engineering and management, for the supply of approximately 350 kilometers of low-voltage (LV) power cables in only five months, with over one hundred different product references. The cables were manufactured by Nexans production facilities in Belgium, located in Dour and Buizingen.

“Nexans showed high flexibility, with guaranteed 24-hour delivery of cables to site. Such flexibility enabled us to address the issue of limited on-site storage capacity. The predefined volume and the storage of cables by Nexans for subcontractors made it possible for us to meet very tight deadlines,” said Peter Frans, project manager for Siemens. BioWanze recently completed its first bioethanol delivery.