Ing. Albano Bragagni, President of cable manufacturer Tratos, explains the company’s plans for future growth: "The past five years has seen European cable manufacturer Tratos invest heavily in both its existing business and in two key acquisitions, namely North West Cables Ltd. and subsidiary Modular Wiring System Ltd. in the UK.
The deal grew the Tratos group to £30 million in the UK and €150 million with 350 employees worldwide. It provided – and continues to provide – Tratos with a strategic foundation from which to further develop both its client base and manufacturing output. The acquisition of the Modular Wiring Systems business has had the added advantage of putting Tratos at the forefront in this area which is based on a rapidly and easily installed modular sub-circuit distribution system prefabricated off-site. All this at a time when many companies are downsizing in the UK to manufacture elsewhere, often in areas with less ethical employment policies than those operating in Europe."

Modular Wiring Systems, a subsidiary of Tratos Ltd, has won the order to supply pre fabricated power and lighting distribution systems for multiple floors of The Shard.

Soon to be one of London’s most iconic landmarks, The Shard will be the tallest building in Western Europe and will include offices, restaurants, a hotel, exclusive residential apartments and the capital's highest viewing gallery.
Modular Wiring Systems is a leading company in this field and has been providing a complete design, manufacture and supply service for high and low level modular sub-circuit distribution systems prefabricated off-site since 1994.

Tratos will be running a free conference on Fibre to the Home (FTTH) on 6th September at its main headquarters in Arezzo, Italy. The full day conference, which has been organised in conjunction with Tyco Electronics, features a range of topics and guest speakers, including Andrew Oliviero of OFS examining the latest developments in bend-insensitive fibres for FTTx applications and Jan Vandenbroek of Tyco Electronics looking at where we are now with FTTH and what the future holds. Other guest speakers come from Open Access Telecom Italia, TiLAB Telecom Italia and TE Connectivity. The conference will be opened by Tratos Cavi President Albano Bragagni.

Paul Farrell joins us from B3 Cable Solutions where he enjoyed many successes across multiple market sectors including Telecommunications, Railways, Energy and Industrial. These included successfully bidding for term contracts with energy providers, winning major projects in the rail, renewable energy and optical fibre markets and growing existing accounts through new product introductions and cross selling.  Prior to B3 Paul was the European Customer Services Manager for Belden, and managed a widespread team which included offices in Italy, France, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Denmark, Sweden , Dubai and of course the UK.This experience has given Paul an understanding of the different business cultures across Europe. Throughout his career Paul has always been involved in sales focused roles and has a proven track record of success across varied industry sectors.

Tratos exhibited as an international manufacturer and supplier of Special Cables for moving applications, including cables for: monospiral and multi-spiral reeling; basket reeling; festoons; spreaders. Our cables can supply power, control and signalling functions including fiber-optic cables and components.
Tratos  exhibited a range of its products designed specifically for the reeling industry at TOC Europe 2012 in Antwerp (Belgium). TOC Container Supply Chain Europe is the meeting place for the world's shipping, port and terminal industries.