AMERICA LATINA
with affiliates in more than 40 countries ; Nexans Colombia is one of these outstanding affiliates in Latin America . CEDSA opened in Colombia in May 1983 as a flexible cable manufacturer . CEDSA experienced terrible losses in machinery , inventory and raw material after a tragic flood affected the country in 2005 ; the company managed to recover before the end of the year .
Key People
Luis Silva CEO , Nexans Colombia
Nexans Colombia ’ s CEO is a mechanical engineer ; Silva graduated from Francisco de Paula Santander University in 1996 , majoring in maintenance and high management at Santander Industrial University ( UIS ) between 2000 and 2010 . Other academic achievements include post-graduate studies in international business and finance at Sabana University , concluded in 2013 . Silva has worked for Nexans Colombia since the days when the company was named CEDSA , years before the acquisition by the French corporation . He joined as Maintenance Engineer in January 2002 , afterwards he engaged in manufacturing and in September 2008 became plant manager . Silva was appointed as Nexans Colombia CEO in December 2014 .
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