Nexans has completed its shift to a pure electrification company by selling its Autoelectric wiring harness business to Motherson for 207 million euros. The French cable maker also signed a five year deal with Hydro to buy about 85,000 tonnes of low-carbon aluminum wire rod. The aluminum has a verified carbon footprint below 4.0 kg CO2 per kg, less than a third of the global average. Nexans will use the material across its European power cable operations for medium voltage grids, overhead transmission lines, and subsea high voltage projects. The deal shows how grid infrastructure companies are locking in low-carbon materials as demand for transmission and interconnection grows. Europe needs more aluminum for grid reinforcement and cross border links, but carbon regulations are tightening. Hydro supplies aluminum made with 100% renewable energy in Norway. For Nexans, this is part of a broader shift: it sold its wiring harness business to become a pure electrification player. The company now focuses entirely on power cables and grid components. For anyone tracking industrial decarbonization or grid supply chains, this is a concrete example of embedded emissions being addressed at the material level. The 85,000 tonne deal covers five years and gives Nexans a verified low-carbon input for its European cable production. It also shows how aluminum buyers are starting to treat carbon footprint as a procurement criterion, not just a marketing claim.
