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Dubai, UAE, 10 January 2015: Ducab, the Middle East's leading manufacturer of high-quality cables and cabling products, will sponsor the first Wire & Cable Arabia 2015 Exhibition to be held from January 10- 13, 2015, at Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre.
By offering top quality cables and copper products including drawn wires, conductors and rods, Ducab has established itself as a brand of first choice by most users in the market. At Wire & Cable Arabia 2015, Ducab will showcase its range of cables including PetroBICC, designed for the Oil, Gas & Petrochemical sector, RuBICC, featuring flexible rubber cables, FlamBICC, the fire-retardant cable series, and NuBICC, which is a 60-year certified cable range for nuclear power plants.
Eng. Jamal Salem Al Dhaheri, Chairman, Ducab, said: "The inaugural edition of Wire & Cable Arabia brings together key players from the industry to share ideas, developments and best practices. It serves as a significant platform for Ducab to showcase our diverse range of products that suit the varied needs of our stakeholders and customers not only from the UAE but also other markets."
In 2014, Ducab saw the steady diversification of its product range with the launch of the PetroBICC product line, exclusively designed for the oil, gas and petrochemical sector. This product line offers low and medium voltage for power, control and instrumentation purposes.
Andrew Shaw, Managing Director, Ducab, said: "Wire & Cable stimulates dialogue between industry, manufacturers and buyers. With Ducab being the Middle East's leading provider of high-quality cables and wires solutions, we are committed to promoting and supporting initiatives and events through active collaboration, participation and sponsorship."
By the end of 2014, Ducab announced the commencement of the construction of Ducab Aluminium in KIZAD, marking an AED 220 million investment. Ducab Aluminum expands Ducab's portfolio, which includes landmark projects in the UAE including Abu Dhabi Airport expansion, Burj Khalifa, Dubai Metro, Emirates Palace, Burj Al Arab, Atlantis the Palm and Yas Marina Circuit.
Ducab is at Wire & Cable Arabia in stand 1Z100, Hall Zabeel, at Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre.
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About Ducab
Ducab is a leading provider of cables and wires solutions being the first choice for many prestigious clients and contractors due to its record of quality and customer service. Ducab has supplied electrical cables to a number of landmark projects, including the Burj Khalifa, Dubai Metro, Emirates Palace, Burj Al Arab, Atlantis the Palm and Yas Marina Circuit. With record sales of AED 5.1 billion for 2013, Ducab is a regional leader in the design, development, manufacture and marketing of copper and aluminum cable products for the defence, energy, industrial, construction, rail, specialty and nuclear energy sectors.
Jointly owned by the Investment Corporation of Dubai and Senaat (General Holding Corporation, Abu Dhabi), Ducab operates five manufacturing facilities in the UAE, that include Ducab Jebel Ali, Ducab Mussafah 1 Factory, Ducab Mussafah 2 Factory, Copper Rod Factory, Ducab High Voltage (HV) Cable Systems Factory, and it acquired its first overseas plant, AEI Cables UK, earlier in 2014. The company has a manufacturing capability of over 115,000 metal tonnes of high, medium and low voltage cables and 110,000 tonnes of copper rod and wire per annum.
The company's product range includes High Voltage cables up to 400kV, Medium Voltage cables up to 33kV, Low Voltage power cables, control & auxiliary, wiring and lead-sheathed cables, Low Smoke Zero Halogen cables, and LPCB approved FlamBICC (Fire Resistance Cables), copper rods and wires, cable components and cable accessories.
Ducab is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company and also has certification to the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System and OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety issued by BASEC (British Approval Services for Cables). Ducab cables are also approved by the Loss Prevention Certificate Board (LPCB) and Lloyd's Register, UK.
For further information please contact:
Maryam Al Falasi
Ducab
+971 4 815 8888
maryam.alfalasi@ducab.com
Anit Kurian
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller
+971 4 450 7600
anit.kurian@bm.com
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