ITALY-based Legnano Tekno-electric Company (LTC), a leading processor of electrical steel and manufacturer of magnetic cores for transformers, will set up its first manufacturing plant in the Middle East in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza).
The manufacturing plant, covering 27,500 sq m, will process grain-oriented electrical steel, from coils right up to fully-built magnetic cores for distribution and electrical power transformers. The facility will have an 80-tonne lifting capacity, processing thousands of tonnes of electrical steel a month including conventional grade, high permeability, laser treated and non-oriented electrical steel.
Daniele Bertelli, board director of LTC Middle East, says: “Since its inception, LTC has employed the optimum use of research, resources and production technologies to create the very best for its clients. In just 20 years, LTC has become a leading business in the sector. One of the reasons for the company’s success is its ability to recognise and capitalise on emerging markets.”
LTC’s first facility in the Middle East is a milestone event.
Shehab Mesmar, senior vice-president commercial sales, Jafza says: “Facilitating development and capacity building in the country’s core sectors such as energy is one of our mandates. LTC’s know-how and superior products will be of immense benefit to the region.
The new facility, scheduled to open by 2012, will employ cutting edge technology to deliver products in just a few days to markets in Asia and the Middle East that are currently three or four weeks away by sea.