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Tratos theft prevention measures for cable

With copper worth more than two and half times its cost in 2009, the theft of copper cables has soared alongside the price. Organised gangs – sometimes using stolen BT vans to disguise their actions – are stealing the cable to strip out the copper and sell. In the process they are disabling crucial communications, including the emergency 999 services, railway signalling and even air-traffic control systems. Thieves stealing or damaging railway cables cost Network Rail £3.5m compensation for train operators in the North East and Yorkshire alone in the financial year 2008/9 - up by £1.7m on the previous year.

Held in the centre of the fastest growing markets, the Middle East Electricity (MEE) in Dubai is one of the most important electrical exhibitions bringing suppliers and consumers together. This year’s edition saw, 1043 exhibitors form 56 countries, exhibiting products covering all aspects of the electrical field from power generation, power distribution, power control, lighting, lighting controls, and renewable energies.
Tratos - Modular Wiring Systems Ltd was one of the exhibitors showing its innovative modular power distribution system and cable products to the inquisitive attendees. Modular Wiring Systems Ltd has been a subsidiary of Tratos Ltd since 2008 and has since benefited from the vast cable experience that Tratos has been able to bring to the merger.

Tratos has been awarded a contract to supply Iraq's state-owned Midland Refineries Company (MRC) with cables for installation at the Daura Refinery in Baghdad. A range of power cables, high temperature cables and fire resistant cables have been supplied to MRC, a new customer for Tratos, as part of the modernisation process of the Refinery.
The Daura refinery, located in the south of Baghdad, was constructed in 1953 and started operations in 1955. It daily produces 3 million litres of gasoline, 1.5 million litres of kerosene and 2 million litres of gas oil, along with other products going to local power plants and industrial use.

STOP ASKING FOR CE CERTIFICATION!

NOTE: This is an old article of 2012. The legislation has now changed. For an update goto: http://tratosgroup.com/quality/cpr/

On a regular basis we get asked for CE certification on our cables. Not one of our cables is CE certified. In fact, no cable is CE certified. To go one step further, not a single product anywhere in the world in CE certified!
Surprised? Well you shouldn’t be as CE certification doesn’t exist. CE marking exists, but CE certification doesn’t.
Despite what you might think, I’m not being pedantic here. There is an important point to be made and one the European Commission has been actively addressing over recent months. Although CE marking has been in place for over 15 years, many people in the electrical industry don’t understand what it stands for, either assuming it is a label indicating the product to which it applies has been made for the European market, or thinking it is a form of certification relating to the quality of the product. It is neither of these things.

Established in 1994, Modular Wiring Systems provides a complete design, manufacture and supply service for high and low level modular sub-circuit distribution systems prefabricated off-site. Modular Wiring Systems is a subsidiary of electrical cable manufacturer Tratos Ltd.
Essentially utilizing the circuit lines of a traditional distribution system, a modular wiring system is actually designed and prefabricated off-site in a plug and play format. When delivered to site, the system requires minimal hard wiring - every part of the system is connected using the provided installation drawings and product codes, making it extremely quick and simple to install. The systems are available as radial and ring mains up to 32amps.

DSC07663_albano_bragagni 2011 for many manufacturers across Europe was a bad year. In fact, it was bad year following on the back of a period of bad, financially unstable years with an unclear future ahead. Not so for European cable manufacturer Tratos, which began to reap the benefits of its investment in its European manufacturing facilities in 2011 and is looking forward to the coming years with enthusiasm. Albano Bragagni, President of Tratos for over 35 years, has clearly been an influential figure in the history of the company and its success, but he is not the type of man to sit back and reflect on past glories: “In manufacturing you have to continually strive for improvement in every aspect of your work. With low cost competition from the Far East and uncertain economic times, this has never been truer.

10.02.2012 – APM Terminals Crane & Engineering Services, TMEIC Corporation, Banner Engineering Europe, Gaussin, Phoenix Products and Moffatt & Nichol have become the latest companies to join the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA).
A wholly-owned subsidiary of global terminal operator APM Terminals, APM Terminals Crane & Engineering Services (CES) is a major provider of consultancy services in port and terminal equipment design. Among its crane supply services, the company offers technical support for tendering and purchase processes, crane specifications, project management, design review, quality assurance, commissioning supervision, inspections, assessment and training.

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