Ducab, the manufacturer of high-quality power cables in the Middle East, announced that its Abu Dhabi factory, which recently completed one year of operations, has a new building wire manufacturing facility.

The Abu Dhabi factory was recently awarded an ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certificate and an OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety certificate by Basec (British Approval Services for Cables). These certifications are the latest in a string of recognitions achieved by the company.
Ducab achieved record sales of Dh700 million ($190.5 million) for the first half of 2006.
During the period, it won a string of major utilities contracts from the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), Federal Electricity and Water Authority (Fewa), Saudi Electric Company and Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (Adwea) totally worth more than Dh600 million.
2006 marks Ducab’s strong performance within the oil, gas and petrochemical sector. It received orders from Bechtel Houston (US), Snamprogetti SpA (Italy), SK Engineering (Korea), Chiyoda Corporation (Japan), Technip (France) and other reputed international EPC contractors.  The orders were for the supply of MV and LV cables to major projects around the region including AGD II, OGD III and NGL III in Abu Dhabi, KOC upgrade in Kuwait and Ras Gas in Qatar. 
Colin Paskins, managing director, Ducab, said, “This has already been an extremely successful year for us and all indicators of growth have been particularly positive. The impressive sales result is certainly commendable by any standards, and we are glad that we have efficiently catered to the growing demand for high-quality cables in the region.”