WCA March 2017

Industry news

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.

Cables for the home market

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 Website : www.ducab.com

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

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 Website : www.sws.co.jp

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