# LS Cable & System and MAN Contracting form JV to manufacture overhead lines in Egypt

LS Cable & System Limited signed an agreement with MAN Contracting to establish a joint venture named LS MAN Cables for manufacturing overhead lines in Egypt. The plant will be built near Cairo and is expected to be completed by end of 2020, with capacity of 2,500 km of overhead wires per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-12-06
- Where: near Cairo, Egypt, Egypt
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 2,500 km of overhead wires per year
- Products: overhead lines, overhead wires
- Sectors: [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [LS Cable & System](https://endata.com/companies/21025.md)
- [MAN Contracting](https://endata.com/companies/43770.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [powerline.net.in](https://powerline.net.in/2019/12/06/ls-cable-system-limited-signs-agreement-with-man-contracting-for-manufacturing-jv/), 2019-12-06: "The South Korean cable company LS Cable & System Limited has signed an agreement with the Egypt-based power line company MAN Contracting, for establishing a JV named LS MAN Cables for the manufacture of overhead lines in Egypt."

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