JEDDAH — Bahra Cables Co. signed a SR400 million contract with Saudi Electricity Co. for the supply of low and medium voltage cables in 2013. Eng. Talal Idriss, Chief Executive Officer of Bahra Cables Co., an affiliate of Construction Products Holding Company (CPC), said “our products meet the highest international standards and this is documented by the various accreditation certificates such as (KEMA, IPH, SASO, LPCB, CSA, BASEC), and others for its production of power cables. The company also got ISO 9001: 2008 for its collection of medium and high voltage cables up to 132 kV." He added “Bahra Cables is the first Saudi cable manufacturer that has ISO 14001: 2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007." Engineer Idriss further said “in view of the high demand for our products, we expanded our production of power cables to meet the needs of large companies both locally and internationally. Thanks to our commitment to the highest standards of quality, the company's cables are used in many important projects throughout the Gulf and Africa, starting with the Airport project in Senegal, Metro Al-Mashaer in Makkah, the new King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah, the expansion of the Holy Mosque in Makkah, which is the largest expansion to date, Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University for Girls in Riyadh, King Saud University and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Kaust). Moreover, Idriss said the opening of the company's plant for the production of PVC recently helped to cover the company's consumption of plastics in order to achieve the highest quality and thus be able to supply cables of highest quality. The plant has an annual capacity of more than 36,000 tons, which will cater to the needs of the company to strengthen its plans of expansion in cables production. Bahra Cables Co. was founded in 2008 as an affiliate of CPC and as a joint venture with Electric House,to serve Saudi Arabia, GCC and other markets. Bahra Cables' plant for power cables occupies an area of 300,000 square meters including the manufacturing, designing and storage facilities. The company is specialized in the production and distribution of power cables. — SG
