HELUKABEL has launched a new production facility in India that will make control cables and single conductors.

A press release said that the company, which has logistics and sales facilities in the cities of Mumbai and Punej, now will produce cable at the new factory of HELUKABEL India, which is located near the city of Gandhinagar in the western part of the country. It will supply the subcontinent’s quickly growing market going into the future. “India, the most populous country on earth, is experiencing a technological and economic boom,” said HELUKABEL Group Managing Director Marc Luksch. “With this new production facility, we are happy that we are now able to serve our local customers more quickly, comprehensively and flexibly in the future.”

The production facility has some 30 employees that produce cables made of conductor stranding classes 1-5, with and without braided shielding or steel wire armoring. Many of the products will be made to the Indian BIS standard, which was an important criterion for cables being installed in machines and equipment destined for sale to Indian companies. In the future, cables will also be produced according to the German VDE standard. “HELUKABEL is in an ideal position to secure its place in India’s growing market moving into the future.