Middle East Electricity & Solar 2017
Oil & Gas Republic is an exhibitor & media partner at Middle East Electricity & Solar 2017. This Newspaper publication is a spotlight on the Middle East Electricity & Power Sector. Middle East Electricity is an essential event in the MEA power community’s calendar, and the 2017 edition will be an unmissable opportunity for anyone with a professional interest to learn about the future of energy in cities. Informa Exhibitions is the organizer of Middle East Electricity & Solar 2017, one of the world’s leading power exhibitions. For more information, visit http://oilandgasrepublic.com
Oil & Gas Republic is an exhibitor & media partner at Middle East Electricity & Solar 2017. This Newspaper publication is a spotlight on the Middle East Electricity & Power Sector. Middle East Electricity is an essential event in the MEA power community’s calendar, and the 2017 edition will be an unmissable opportunity for anyone with a professional interest to learn about the
future of energy in cities. Informa Exhibitions is the organizer of Middle East Electricity & Solar 2017, one of the world’s leading power exhibitions. For more information, visit http://oilandgasrepublic.com
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INTERVIEW<br />
Bahra Cables serves Saudi Arabia, GCC &<br />
International Markets<br />
OGR talks to Amin Lakhani, General Manager, DUSOL Industries<br />
Amin Lakhani is the General Manager of<br />
DUSOL Industries. Mr. Lakhani has an MSc<br />
with Distinction in Renewable Energy<br />
Engineering, in which he focused on solar<br />
energy systems and energy storage. He also<br />
has an MBA from Baylor University in the<br />
United States, focusing on entrepreneurship<br />
and finance and a BE from Pune University<br />
in India, majoring in instrumentation and<br />
control engineering.<br />
OGR: Please can you briefly tell us about<br />
yourself and company profile?<br />
Amin: I am the General Manager<br />
responsible for managing solar PV projects<br />
on a complete EPC basis. I also assess and<br />
deploy strategic growth initiatives that cater<br />
to overarching objectives of the company,<br />
develop partnerships with companies, direct<br />
asset development and involved in<br />
engineering aspects of PV systems that<br />
require careful engineering solution<br />
development. Bahra Cables Company was<br />
established in 2008 with a Joint Venture<br />
between CPC (Construction Products<br />
Holding Company) and Electric House.<br />
Bahra Cables Factory occupies over<br />
500,000 square meters of manufacturing<br />
space. The company is located 35 km from<br />
Jeddah with offices in UAE, Qatar , Bahrain<br />
, Kuwait, over 2030 employees and turnover<br />
of USD $677 million.<br />
OGR: What exactly does your company<br />
do? Give details (for example, the various<br />
product lines offered, their features and<br />
areas of application; production<br />
capacity)<br />
Amin: Bahra is committed to the production<br />
of the best product quality and<br />
manufacturing, distributing electric cables<br />
upto 400 kV, 80,000 tons of Copper yearly &<br />
45,000 tons of aluminum yearly.<br />
General Manager of DUSOL Industries,<br />
Amin Lakhani<br />
Our annual production capacity of PVC<br />
reaches 36,000 tons. Bahra uses cutting edge<br />
European Technology in manufacturing as all<br />
of the machines were brought from Europe.<br />
The core technologies in production processes,<br />
material applications and logistic procedures<br />
were provided by German experts and the key<br />
functions are being managed by German<br />
engineers.<br />
Bahra has the flexibility to provide a versatile<br />
product range to serve the construction, electric<br />
utilities, distribution, industrial, oil & gas and<br />
petrochemical sectors. The cables produced<br />
comply with both American standards (CSA,<br />
ANSI, ICEA and UL ) and European standards<br />
( IEC, BS, NF and VDE specifications).<br />
OGR: Have you exhibited at previous<br />
editions and do you have any new products<br />
you will introduce at <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>East</strong> <strong>Electricity</strong><br />
<strong>2017</strong>?<br />
Amin: Bahra Cables Company has a consistent<br />
track records of exhibiting at <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>East</strong><br />
<strong>Electricity</strong> as the event is very important in our<br />
field and MENA market. Bahra will introduce<br />
Cast Resin / Dry Type Transformer at MEE<br />
<strong>2017</strong><br />
and our stand number are as follows:<br />
Bahra Cables: 8C10.<br />
Transformers and Busways Solutions {TBS}:<br />
H 4E20<br />
OGR: Please can you give us details of<br />
recently completed projects in the MENA<br />
region or currently ongoing?<br />
Amin: Bahra is involved in major projects in<br />
the MENA region, please see below:<br />
Shamiya Project King Abdullah Haram<br />
Expansion<br />
King Abdulaziz International Airport<br />
Princess Noura University<br />
Kingdom Tower<br />
Al Ra'idah Investment Company<br />
King Abdullah Economic City<br />
Jabal Omar Project<br />
Riyadh Metro<br />
Haramain High Speed Railway<br />
King Abdullah Financial District<br />
King Abdullah Port-Rabigh<br />
Royal Commission-Jubail & Yanbu<br />
Prophets Mosque - Medina<br />
Aramco Projects<br />
Sabic Projects<br />
Sec Power Power<br />
King Abdullah Sports City - Jeddah<br />
Nuclear Power Plant<br />
The organization has a lean vertical<br />
management structure which is designed to<br />
integrate with a highly developed IT-based<br />
structure. This partnership allows the rapid<br />
flow of information through the management<br />
chain and facilitates timely response in the best<br />
traditions of ‘hands on’ management.<br />
Bahra Conduit has started production of a<br />
variety of high quality UPVC - UnPlasticized<br />
Polyvinyl chloride compounds in its state-ofthe-art<br />
factory in Bahra, which has an annual<br />
output capacity of over 36,000 tons.<br />
The factory built with the expertise of Buss<br />
Company of Switzerland, is completely<br />
integrated and equipped with the latest<br />
technologies in the field.<br />
The ability to manufacture PVC & UPVC<br />
compounds improves Bahra Cables<br />
Comapny's control over the material used in its<br />
cable and wire production, reduces product<br />
cost and adds higher performance values to its<br />
products.