Manufacturer powers ahead with major Latin American infrastructure project

Technology from manufacturer Ellis, based in Rillington, is being installed in one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Latin America.

The company’s cable cleats have been supplied to a new transmission substation in Lima, Peru which will pave the way for line two of the city’s metropolitan railway system.

Lima Metro, which was dogged for many years by controversy, political wrangling and financial problems, opened for revenue service in 2011 – close to 40-years after initial feasibility studies were carried out into the potential for the service.

Its success since then has seen the original line extended, work commence on line two and plans put in places for a further four new lines.

Tony Conroy, Ellis’ global sales director, said: “Our export operation is organised in such a way that we have people on the ground in all our key target markets. This means when it comes to major projects like Lima Metro, we are able to get in at the very beginning – and believe me, the Edelnor substation was the earliest possible opportunity to demonstrate our credentials.

“Our Alpha cleats have won us a great deal of business since we first introduced them. And it was a combination of their technical superiority to other similar cleats, our delivery times and the fact the Ellis name is known and trusted around the world, that led to us securing what we hope will prove to be a very important specification.”

Ellis’ export operation stretches across the world, and comprises an ever-growing network of local distributors, which currently covers 34 countries.

Ellis’ Alpha cable cleats were specified by Edelnor, which is part of the Enel Group – one of the world’s leading integrated gas and electricity operators, through its Peruvian distributor, Logytec.