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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.

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