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INDEXEllis has supplied 125,000 cable clamps for
installation on the high speed extension of
the Hong Kong MTR network.
The Hong Kong section of the rail link runs
from West Kowloon to the Shenzhen/Hong
Kong boundary, where it connects with the
China mainland section of the network.
When complete, trains will operate at
speeds up to 200km per hour, reducing
journey times by 50 percent.
Ellis’s one and two hole polymeric cable
clamps were specified by CLP Power,
through local distributor Wang Yip Hong,
and will be used to secure power, pilot and
fiber optic cables throughout the tunnels.
Ellis’s export sales director, Tony Conroy,
said: “CLP is the biggest power utility
company in Hong Kong and we are its
sole supplier of cable cleats and clamps –
a relationship that speaks volumes for the
work done by the team at Wang Yip Hong
and why we put so much faith in local
distributors when it comes to exporting.”
Ellis is represented by local distributors in 30
countries.
“There is no way we could have achieved
and then maintained our status as the
world’s leading cable cleat manufacturer
without our distributor network,” added Mr
Conoy. “They open doors for us that, quite
honestly, we wouldn’t even have known
were there, and as we look to expand our
export operation into new territories and
further develop our presence in existing
markets, its size and importance will
continue to grow.”
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