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wiredInUSA - October 2016 31 ASIA / AFRICA NEWS
International Trade Gateway Company
(ITG) is to establish a high-voltage cable
factory in Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah
Economic City (KAEC).
The company has signed an agreement
with KAEC for the purchase of a 9,000m2
plot. The cable factory is expected to be
the first of its kind in the economic city.
A strategic advantage of the Industrial
Valley is its direct link to King Abdullah Port,
which greatly increases the efficiency of
imports/exports and manufacturing.
“We will develop a new production facility
that will expand our services and propel our
strategic plans. We have determined that
KAEC’s Industrial Valley is the ideal location
from which to expand our business and
reach a wider group of investors due to
the strategic location, ease of procedures
for new investments, and high quality
infrastructure,” said Khalid Makki, president
of ITG.
To date, the Industrial Valley has attracted
120 national and global corporations; the
construction materials production sector is
considered one of the six target sectors for
the area.
ITG manufactures fireproof structural
cabling in the 450 to 750kV and 600 to
7,000kV ranges, as well as low-voltage
cables, flex cables, and gear and gauging
instrument connection cables.
Cable facility makes first
move into the valley
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