Process &Plant Automation Limited has partnered German cable processing company, LAPP to provide quality cables to the Ghanaian market.
The move comes after the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) directed all companies that deal in cables to comply with industry standards.
In September this year, 2018 a survey conducted by the Ghana Standards Authority revealed that out of the over 204 different samples of electrical a whopping 92% were declared unsafe for use.
According to the GSA, more than half of these products, which have been seized, did not meet the standards in terms of safety, elasticity, and durability after a market surveillance.
In an interview with Citi Business News, CEO of Automation Ghana, Mr. Kweku Asmah said the partnership between the two companies will result in the supply of sufficient quality cables on the Ghanaian market.
“We have been in business for fifteen years and LAPP has been a leader for all these years that we have been in the industry and they have very good standards, the products they make in terms of electrical structure meet all the international standards in terms of quality and safety”he said.
He added, “It is in our interest to partner with world leaders and as we are national leaders in what we do, we think that partnering with accompany like LAPP is the best thing to do”.
“We are going to bring onto the Ghanaian market very good quality electrical cables and equipment”.
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By: Anita Arthur/citibusinessnews.com/Ghana