France-based Nexans, has secured an order worth 15 million Euro from Tata Power Company Ltd, India's largest private sector power utility, for a project to design, manufacture and supply high voltage underground cables to reinforce the power infrastructure in Mumbai.

Under the two-year 'total supply and service' contract, Nexans will deliver five complete circuits of 220 kV cable and associated accessories to Tata Power for providing an extra 300 MVA of power carrying capacity for the underground network linking various EHV (Extra High Voltage) substations across Mumbai.

It should be noted that Nexans would supply the cables between 2009 and 2010 to meet Tata Power's project implementation phases, which will continue until 2011.

Nexans stated in a communiqué that the XLPE cable will be manufactured in company's plant located in Hannover, Germany while the accessories will be supplied by the Nexans plant of Cossonay in Switzerland.

Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, offers an extensive range of cables and cabling systems.

The company has industrial presence in 39 countries and commercial activities worldwide.