Milestones
| 1879 | Founding of Cable works Cortaillod |
| 1881 | François Borel invents the lead press |
| 1892 | First 3 kV network in Paris (Champs-Elysées) |
| 1897 | Cable works Cortaillod founded "la Société Française des Câbles Électriques, système Berthoud, Borel et Compagnie" in Lyon |
| 1898 | Cable works Cortaillod founded SüdKabel in Mannheim which became ABB Kabel+Draht, then SüdKabel in 2004 |
| 1918 | First 66 kV mass-impregnated cable for the Swiss Railways |
| 1928 | First 132 kV Oil pressure cable for the Swiss Railways |
| 1948 | First 18 kV PE Insulated Cable |
| 1959 | Type Test of a 400 kV HPOF cable |
| 1970 | First low voltage cables with cross-linked polyethylene insulation |
| 1978 | Manufacture of optical fibres |
| 1990 | FIRST 400 KV CABLES IN XLPE |
| 1995 | MERGER OF CORTAILLOD AND COSSONAY |
| 1997 | The company is bought by Alcatel Alsthom and is renamed Alcatel Cable Switzerland |
| 2000 | Creation of Nexans |
| 2016 | CENTRALISATION OF PRODUCTION AT THE CORTAILLOD SITE |
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