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Malesela Taihan Electric Cables
June Young Hah
CEO: June Young Hah
Chairman: J Madungandaba
Executive: Planning & Strategy: HC Lee
General Manager: National Business Unit: Louis van Wyk
Executive: Human Resources Division: GI Mafereka
Public Relations Officer: Leonata Giba
Physical Address Steel Road, Peacehaven, Vereeniging, Gauteng, South Africa
Postal Address PO Box 1643, Vereeniging 1930
Tel (+27 16) 450 8200
Fax (+27 16) 450 8202
Email info@m-tec.co.za
Website www.m-tec.co.za
 
 
Malesela Taihan Electric Cable (Pty) Ltd (M-TEC) a black-owned company, situated in the heart of Vereeniging and has been a market leader in the manufacturing of non-ferrous products in South Africa since 1911. Then trading as the Union Steel Corporation of South Africa (USCO), in 1998 its manufacturing facilities were sold to Malesela Investments and was renamed Malesela Technologies.
In 2000, Malesela Taihan Electric Cable (M-TEC), acquired 100 percent of Malesela Technologies following its joint venture with one of the world’s leading power and telecommunication cable manufacturers, Taihan Electric Wire Co. Ltd (TEC) based in Seoul, South Korea. The company, soon thereafter began to organise itself as a meaningful BEE player in the industry, resulting in M-TEC becoming the second largest cable manufacturer in South Africa.
M-TEC has since become a major player in the manufacturing and supply of optical fibre cable following the successful commissioning of its optical fibre plant in 2001 when it signed a historic tender to manufacture for and supply Telkom with optical fibre. This was followed by the establishment of the only Optical Fibre Ground Wire (OFGW) plant in South Africa. This was a major boost for M-TEC and enhanced its export potential. On 19 February 2008 the company opened its new telecommunication cable manufacturing facility which covers 6 500sqm and just positioned adjacent to the company’s existing copper, aluminium, power cable and optical fibre plants.
 
(1). Approximately 500 employees on site (2). Buoyant economic conditions have given M-TEC the opportunity to reinvest in its local community (3). Members remain social beneficiaries of the company’s development efforts (4). Works closely as co-sponsor of projects such as the Telkom Centre of Excellence (5). Helps to develop the skills of the future generation of young engineers
 
 

STATISTICS / DEMOGRAPHICS / HISTORY
Year founded: 15 November 1911
Founding members: Sammy Marks
Employees: 500
Head office: Vereeniging
Memberships: SAEEC, AFSA

NATURE OF BUSINESS
Activity: Manufacturing
Products/services offered: Copper: wire, strip, contact wire, conductor and profiles; Aluminium: wire, strip, overhead conductor and profiles; Power Cable: XLPE cable, PVC cable, aerial bundle cable; Optical Fibre Cable: heavy-duty duct cable, steel taped armoured cable, short span aerial cable and long span aerial cable; Optical Ground Fibre Wire (OPGW): buffered loose tube type and stainless steel loose tube type; Copper Telecommunication & Data Cable; GP Housewire and Welding Wire

TRAINING & CSI
Training initiatives: As part of the company’s initiatives toward skills transfer, production staff members are sent to Korea to obtain specialised training in the production of optical fibre cable and other technologies
CSI initiatives: Malesela believes that as a corporate citizen it has a responsibility to invest in local economic, social and environmental development in the country and embrace the challenge of making a positive contribution to the economic success of South African communities; makes contributions towards OutReach Programmes aimed at assisting Aids infected and affected local communities and runs a 24-hour health care clinic to address emergencies and well-being of its employees


BUSINESS & FINANCE
Financial year-end: June 2008
Bank: Absa
Key clients: Telkom, Eskom and Transnet

CONTRACTS & AWARDS
Industrial standards: ISO 9001, 2000; ISO 14001; SABS and NOSA 5 Star
Major contracts: Telkom and Eskom