$150m cable factory planned in Yanbu.Byline: Arab News JEDDAH: El-Sewedy Cables, one of the largest cable manufacturers in the world, recently announced that it would open a factory in Yanbu Industrial City with an initial investment of $150 million. Tamer Elwa, country manager of El-Sewedy Cables, said the factory, which has a capacity of 34,000 tons of copper and aluminum for electrical cables and overhead transmission lines up to 500 KV, will be operational in the first quarter of 2009. The factory will contribute to meeting the needs of both Saudi and other Gulf Cooperation Council countries as well, Elwa added. El-Sewedy Cables, with headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, signed an exclusive agreement with Afkar International to promote its interests in the Kingdom by organizing four events in Riyadh, Dammam, Jeddah and Yanbu. Walid Helmi, general manager of Afkar International, said El-Sewedy Cables' factory in Yanbu is a manifestation of the company's desire to tap the Saudi workforce. "El-Sewedy Cables seeks from the beginning to recruit young talent from Saudi Arabia," he said. Specialized in the manufacture of cables and electrical equipment, El-Sewedy Cables Holding Company has more than 20 factories located in 10 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe, and exports its products to more than 110 countries in the Middle East and Africa (MENA MENA Middle East & North Africa MENA Middle East News Agency (Arabic Wikalat Al-Anbaa' Al-Sharq Al-'awsat) MENA Medium-Energy Neutral Atom MENA Mammalian Enabled MENA Mission Element Need Analysis ), Europe, North America and Far East. Currently, its new Transformer factory is the first-of-its-kind in the MENA region in terms of quality and quantity of production of power transformers and dry type transformers. El-Sewedy Cables has established high reputation in the industry for its innovation, credibility, reliability and integrity. It is a recipient of many awards and certificates from International Organization for Standardization International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Organization for determining standards in most technical and nontechnical fields. Founded in Geneva in 1947, its membership includes more than 100 countries. , from SGS SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SGS Symantec Gateway Security (appliance) SGS School of Graduate Studies SGS Subgrid Scale SGS Singapore Government Securities SGS Shell Global Solutions - the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity, and from KEMA KEMA Keuring Van Electrotechnische Materialen (Netherlands) , a European commercial enterprise founded in 1927, specializing in high-grade business and technical consultancy, inspections and measurements, testing and certification. El-Sewedy Cables produces a number of products from raw materials - such as copper rods, PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. compounds, polypropylene, steel wires, copper cathodes, to cable products like OPGW OPGW Optical Power Ground Wire OPGW Optical Ground Wave OPGW Optical Pilot Ground Wire (optical ground wires), power cables (from low to extra high voltage), special cables (like fiber optic cables, instrumentation and LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. cables), and electrical products that include, but not limited to, transformers, energy measuring equipment, electromechanical The use of electricity to run moving parts. Disk drives, printers and motors are examples. Electromechanical systems must be designed for the eventual deterioration of moving components that wear over time. The first TVs were electromechanical systems (see video/TV history). and electronic meters for residential and industrial users. Copyright: Arab News 2003 All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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