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14 Wire & Cable ASIA – May/June 2015
Industrynews
Bahra Cables Co has signed a contract for the supply of low and
medium voltage cables to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for use at the
Jeddah South thermal power plant (JSTPP) stage 1.
The new agreement comes a few days after the signing of two MoUs
with French companies AREVA and EDF for projects in Saudi Arabia
within the nuclear power programme.
Engineer Talal Idriss, CEO of Bahra Cables Co, said: “The Government
of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin
Abdulaziz, and his Crown Prince, is very keen to execute mega
projects that will provide a better life for citizens and residents of Saudi
Arabia.”
Talal Idriss said that Bahra Cables products, including high, medium
and low voltage fire resistant cables that do not emit smoke or toxic
and suffocating gases, have always met all international standards.
Among Bahra Cables’ accreditations is ISO 9001: 2008 for its
collection of medium and high voltage cables up to 132kV, and the
company was the first Saudi cable manufacturer to achieve ISO 14001:
2004, and OHSAS 18001:2007.
Bahra Cables Co – Saudi Arabia Website:
Bringing power to Saudi Arabia
CHEMETALL, a business unit of
Albemarle Corporation, has completed
the acquisition of all shares of its
Shanghai Chemetall joint venture and
is now the sole owner of the entity.
This transaction is in line with
Chemetall’s strategic market approach
to further enhance its global footprint
as the surface treatment supplier of
choice.
“We are committed to expanding our
presence in China with one voice to
the customer through our wholly
owned organisation,” said Joris
Merckx, president, Chemetall.
“As a specialist in surface treatment,
we aim to offer absolutely the best in
service along with the most innovative
technologies and effectively address
shifting market and customer needs.”
China is a key growth market for
Chemetall.
“With our very strong focus on the
automotive market and our long-term
relationship with leading automotive
manufacturers, we are ideally
positioned to further develop the
business, provide advanced innovative
technologies to the market and create
value for our customers in this region,”
said Jin Hui, managing director,
Shanghai Chemetall.
Today, China is the largest automotive
market in the world. With its broad
portfolio of surface treatment
technologies, Chemetall expects to
actively participate in the dynamic
growth of automotive related
businesses, such as automotive
components, coil and cold forming
industries.
Established as a joint venture with two
Chinese partners in 1995, Shanghai
Chemetall houses the recently
modernised, highly equipped and
expanded regional research and
development and technical centre,
administrative offices and over 220
dedicated employees to support
customers in the region.
Shanghai Chemetall – China
Website:
Chemetall’s Shanghai deal is signed and sealed
❍ Chemetall staff outside the new research and development centre
New production in Poland
Polish manufacturer Wago Elwag is to build a
new production facility in Wróblowice, in the
southwest of Poland. Construction work is
expected to begin before the end of 2015.
The company, a subsidiary of Germany’s
Wago, produces cables, connectors and
other plastic, PE and PVC components.
In the first phase of the investment, Wago
Elwag will employ 500 new workers at the
factory, and the facility’s workforce could
eventually be further increased to around
2,000 employees.
To implement the designed project, the
manufacturer has acquired a site of
approximately 160,000m2 in Wróblowice.
Wago Elwag – Poland
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