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Shahid Ghandi Communication Cables Company is a subsidiary of the PTT Ministry, established in 1985 with the goal of attaining industrial self sufficiency in meeting the growing needs of the telecommunication network of the country. Situated near the city of Yazd, the company occupies an area of 100 hectares and has a superstructure of 200,000 square meters. It employs about 750 people.
The construction of the plant was started in April 1988. Phase one of the plant, for production of optical fiber cables was implemented in February 1989 and phase two, for production of copper cables, was put into operation in 1990.
Phase three, which involves expansion of phase two has been implemented, making the the total annual capacity of the plant 8000 Million Conductor Meters (MCM) of copper cables, 8000 km of optical fiber cable, and 60,000 km of different kinds of air wires.
All the production units of the plant apply advanced technology. The quality control unit is also an important part of the plant. It utilizes state-of-the-art machinery and equipment to carry out the final stage of production, with care and regard to the international standards. SGCC has recently received ISO 9001 and 9002 certification by SGS international Certification Services AG for its design and manufacturing processes. Apart from copper, which constitutes 50% of the complex's raw material requirement, the company claims to be self-sufficient in meeting all other raw material requirements.
As the largest manufacturer of cables in the Middle East, SGCC is involved in production of a variety of optical fiber cables, as well as copper telephone cables. The optical fiber varieties include duct-type jelly filled, and buried jelly filled. The copper telephone cables include air core up to 2400 pairs, buried, jelly filled up to 600 pairs, duct type jelley - filled up to 600 pairs, and self supported up to 100 pairs.
SGCC now meets all the cable needs of Iran's telecommunication network, in contrast to less than 10% domestic production of needs prior to commissioning of this company.