# Aberdare Cables opens R135M high voltage cable plant in Port Elizabeth

Aberdare Cables South Africa launched a R135 million high voltage power-cable plant in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The facility is projected to be fully operational at the end of July 2019 and will create 58 additional jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-07-26
- Where: Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Value: $9.50M (135.0M ZAR)
- Jobs: 58
- Starts operating: 1 Aug 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: up to 132 kV
- Products: high voltage power cables
- Sectors: [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Aberdare Cables](https://endata.com/companies/18233.md)
- [Hengtong Group](https://endata.com/companies/41052.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [freightnews.co.za](https://freightnews.co.za/article/r135m-cable-plant-opens-in-pe), 2019-07-26: "There is a bigger message that investors believe in the country and believe that there is an enormous opportunity."
- [nsenergybusiness.com](https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/hengtong-aberdare-cables-launches-new-manufacturing-plant-in-south-africa/), 2019-08-01: "The launch of the high-voltage cable manufacturing plant is an important step towards Hengtong’s further internationalization and in direct response to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s campaign to attract investment."

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