PROMOTIONAL FEATURE
Following the formation of Emcab, the joint venture between Emtelle and Incab announced in July 2020, Robert Deffa-Wilk , managing director, Emcab, discusses the thinking behind the new venture and its plans for the future. INCAB & EMTELLE: BETTER TOGETHER JV TO OFFER 100% COMPATIBLE FIBRE CONNECTIVITY
Robert, give us a little background on Emcab, the products and your role within the new venture Emcab is a brand-new optical cable manufacturer based in Erfurt, Germany and is a joint-venture between Emtelle and Incab. Both companies have been working together successfully for years and now Emcab combines the advantages of both companies to be leading system supplier. We are delivering superior optical fibre cables with high- class quality and unmatched compatibility with Emtelle microducts from four manufacturing sites, Erfurt Germany, Hawick Scotland, Perm Russia and Arlington USA. My role within Emcab as managing director is to lead the team to success in terms of sales, manufacturing, and supply quality. Leading such a brilliant team that manufactures and sells best-in- class solutions is an exciting challenge for me after a lengthy career in microducts and cables. What sets Emcab apart from the competition? Emcab certainly isn’t ‘just another cable company’. We are set apart from standard
it comes to developing new cable options and optimal solutions. We reduce the complication of network design options and guarantee a fantastic, compatible, full solution in ways that suit our customers, which ultimately helps them concentrate on deploying fibre cables quicker and better than ever before. Why should customers choose Emcab? Choose one supplier and get it right first time. Our full system solution allows customers to buy cables and microducts with the appropriate closures and accessories, all fully tested to guarantee compatibility with each other. Why buy from multiple suppliers when one supplier can do all. We’re all about making it easy for our customers; supplying from four manufacturing sites across the world with a global sales team allows us to support customers efficiently. We work with our customers closely to develop and supply the optimum solutions and having the ability to be flexible means our customers can get world-class quality to suit their needs.
cable manufacturers as we are a system supplier, delivering first-class solutions with guaranteed quality. Combining the knowledge of Emtelle and Incab gives us the ability to deliver a full duct and fibre cable system, plus all relevant closures and accessories, all fully tested, approved and certified. We use Corning® fibre in our cables which gives 10% less fibre attenuation, improved reliability and resistance, plus 10 times higher bend-resistance compared to standard single-mode fibres. All our cables undergo regular approval tests at our regional test tracks using our latest manufacturing and design technology. Our four blowing tracks that conform to IEC 60794-1-21:2015 standard plus our continuous quality control processes enable us to maintain the premium calibre of our cable solutions. How does Emcab expect to meet the needs of an ever-developing industry? Innovation and flexibility are key for Emcab. The Emcab ideal goes way beyond pure manufacturing. What we want is to support our customers locally and cover all demands when
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