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24 Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2017
Industrynews
UAE-based Ducab took advantage of
the Abu Dhabi International
Petroleum Exhibition and Conference
(Adipec) to showcase its products for
the oil, gas and petrochemical
industry.
The company, owned equally by Abu
Dhabi’s Senaat and by Investment
Corporation Dubai (ICD), is a
manufacturer of technologically
advanced cables and cabling
products, serving both onshore and
offshore industries.
Ducab announced $12 million of
secured orders in the Khalifa
Industrial Zone, Abu Dhabi. The order
includes the delivery of medium and
low-voltage power cables, control
cables and accessories.
The company’s PetroBICC range has
also witnessed significant attention
from the oil and gas sector in the
region, where presently Ducab is
supplying an order worth $1.3 million.
Other recent significant orders include
a $10 million delivery of medium- and
low-voltage cables for the North East
Bab field development project, phase
III: Rumaitha and Shanayel fields.
Deliveries to Abu Dhabi’s Island
Surface Facility project, of $60 million,
and $70 million to Kuwait’s Clean
Fuels project have also been recently
completed.
Dr Ahmad Bin Hassan Al Shaikh,
chairman of Ducab, said: “Our
company’s specialist product
portfolio establishes it as a
single-source cable solutions
provider for a range of sectors and
we take pride in meeting the highest
standards globally as well as remain
aligned with the UAE’s and the
region’s future energy visions.”
“Adipec offers us the ideal
opportunity to showcase our
products and explore business
opportunities with clients,” he added.
Ducab – United Arab Emirates
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Then there were four
Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems has opened a new production facility in
Petroşani, Romania. The plant is the Japanese manufacturer’s fourth production
facility in the Romanian market.
The move is part of Sumitomo’s long-term strategy to concentrate its
manufacturing capacities in Romania. In 2015, Sumitomo shut down its factory in
Topolcany, in western Slovakia, and moved its output to three existing plants in
Deva, Alba Iulia and Orăştie.
Based in Osaka, Japan, Sumitomo has a global network of facilities located in 24
countries worldwide. The factories are operated by a workforce of over 60,000
employees, of which 10,000 workers are employed in Europe.
The Japanese group supplies its output to a number of major car producers,
including GM, Mazda and Honda.
Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems – Japan
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Cables for the home market
Green forecast
By 2020, Kazakhstan plans to commission 106 facilities generating 3,054.55MW
of renewable energy, the country’s energy ministry has announced.
These will include 28 solar power plants with a capacity of 713.5MW. The
ministry added that the renewable energy projects will be implemented with
additional funds, not financed from the state budget.
The volume of electricity generated from renewable energy sources in
Kazakhstan is planned to reach three per cent of the total volume of electricity by
2020, and rise to ten per cent by 2030.