| February 11, 1911 |
Canada Wire is founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, manufacturing simple types of electrical cables and steel rope wires |
| 1931 |
Montreal, QC : Canada Wire opens its copper rod mill in Montreal, Canada, to fill the Toronto plant requirements and supply large quantiites of wire to the U.S. market |
| 1945 |
Chester Cable Corporation is founded in Chester, NY. The old school building converted into an ultra modern plant primarily produces building wire to service the local market. |
| 1956 |
Weyburn, SK, plant opens as Western Wire & Cable |
| 1950s-1960s |
Canada Wire opens Sales and manufacturing locations all across Canada in order to better service the quickly expanding market |
| May 1, 1961 |
Berkshire Technical Products (Berk-Tek) is founded by Joseph L. Boscov in Reading, PA |
| 1965 |
Fergus, ON, facility construction is begun as a joint venture between Canada Wire and Cable and Essex Wire. Construction is completed in 1966.
The operation is called Fergus Cables, Ltd. and employs 160
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| 1967 |
Chester purchases a planetary cabler, enabling the manufacture of flexible and specialty cables, expanding the product line to better service the market |
| 1968 |
Canada Wire and Cable buys out Essex's share of the Fergus Cables, Ltd. business, and forms a subsidiary company called Canwireco Ltd. |
| 1971 |
Weyburn plant purchased by Canada Wire. After a serious plant fire, the facility was moved to its current location.
Throughout the 1970s, the product line was extended to include data transmission cables, as well as copper telephone cable - which became the major product line until 1993.
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| 1986 |
Berk-Tek begins to manufacture Fiber Optic cable. |
| October 1988 |
Milton, ON, Distribution facility opens |
| 1990 |
The Valley Group is founded in Ridgefield, CT |
| 1991 |
Canada Wire is purchased by Alcatel. All North American facilities begin to operate under the name of Alcatel Canada Wire. |
| 1991-1992 |
Weyburn plant undergoes major restructuring and expansion of 36,000 square feet. Plant is refocused to produce power cables. |
| 1993 |
Berk-Tek purchased by Alcatel and becomes part of Alcatel Canada Wire, but operates under the name Berk-Tek, an Alcatel company |
| 1996 |
Weyburn undergoes major expansion
Nexans North America Headquarters moves to Markham, Ontario
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| 2000 |
Weyburn undergoes another expansion of 44,000 square feet. |
| 2001 |
Nexans is created when Alcatel announces IPO of Cables Division. |
| July 2006 |
Newburgh, NY, Distribution facility opens |
| January 2007 |
The Valley Group is acquired by Nexans. |
| February 11, 2011 |
Nexans North America celebrates 100 years of service to our customers |
