Electricity + Control August 2015

ELECTRICAL PROTECTION + SAFETY

New premises for cable company Local cable manufacturer, Alvern Cables , has moved into its newly constructed, premises in Branch Road, Driehoek, Germiston.The factory will be remaining in Knights,Witfield, and the extra space made available by this move will allow the installation of new state of the art equipment to make this cable company even more competitive in the market. Commercial director, Stephen Liasides is upbeat about the move. “Our growth over the years necessitated this change and the new building is condusive to further progress”. Alvern Cables has been operating since 1967. As a privately- owned business, it started by manufacturing low voltage electri- cal cables for domestic and industrial use. In November 2014, in addition to Laurence Hendy (Managing director), Willem Smit (Financial director) and Stephen Liasides (Commercial director) - Dorothy Botsi-Thulare (Executive director) and Jaycen Padiachy (Works director) were included as shareholders, bringing the company to Level 2 B-BBEE – in keeping with current policy in South Africa. New toAlvern Cables is a distribution division which specialises in buying and selling products that are in short supply, as well as cables for special purpose. Enquiries: Email Stephen@alverncables.co.za

Alvern Cables’ accounts team: Estelle Buitendach, Anna Carelse, Jeaneth Mogofe, David Brodryk, Krish Govender and seated, Dorris Nkosi.

Alvern Cables’ sales team: Euodia Hykes, Salesh Singh, Stacy Pillay, Nathanya Janse van Rensburg, Rebecca Ramdayal. Back: Jaco De Jager, Reece Naidoo and Sales manager, Donald Matthews.