# Nexans opens cable plant in Brody, Ukraine, to supply BMW

Nexans has opened a new plant in Brody, Ukraine, operated by Elektrokontakt Ukraina, to manufacture cable harnesses for BMW. The investment is about €20 million, and the plant is expected to create over 2,500 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-08-30
- Where: Brody, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
- Value: $24.0M (20.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 2,500
- Starts operating: 30 Aug 2017
- Status: completed
- Products: cable harnesses
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Nexans](https://endata.com/companies/5093.md)
- [BMW](https://endata.com/companies/13009.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [portal.lviv.ua](https://portal.lviv.ua/news/2017/08/30/poroshenko-vidriv-u-brodah-zavod-shho-vigotovlyatime-kabelni-merezhi-dlya-kontsernu-bmw), 2017-08-30: "французька компанія Nexans ... прийняла рішення інвестувати в Україну для того, щоб постачати продукцію, яка тут виробляється для німецького концерну BMW"

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