Nexums grew from an observation I kept seeing in the market: high-voltage connections — clamps, busbar joints, flexible conductors and interfaces — are often the weakest link in an installation that has otherwise been calculated down to the last detail. Knowledge about precisely these components is remarkably fragmented in the Netherlands. I want to change that.
My path there is not by chance, but it is unusual. I graduated as an Aerospace Engineer in Delft, with a strong interest in sustainable energy. My graduation research was at DENS, on a formic acid generator that produces electricity via hydrogen — engineering at the intersection of structure, safety and energy.
After graduating I joined SPIE as a Primary Engineer in high-voltage technology. To truly understand the market, I deliberately stepped sideways to SBI Connectors — part of the SICAME Group, a world leader in connection technology and regular supplier to, among others, TenneT. There I worked as Sales and Account Manager and saw connection technology from a completely different angle: not the calculations, but the practical reality of suppliers, asset owners and the decisions actually made in the field.
That period confirmed two things. First: my heart is in engineering. Second, and this is the core of Nexums: by bringing together technology, market and product, an independent insight emerges that barely exists in this niche. I do not assess a clamp from a single interest — I look at the integrity of the connection itself, verified against IEC 60865, IEC 61284 and IEC 62271.
That is what Nexums offers: an independent, standards-driven perspective on the most underestimated component of your high-voltage installation.
