Firms seal deal to produce electricals locally

ANIGERIAN firm, Pet Electrical and Mechanical Ltd, has entered into a partnership with Electrophile India Private Ltd to produce electricals.

The products, including distribution boards, modular boxes, and changeover switches, will be manufactured or assembled at Pet Electrical and Mechanical Ltd’s facility at Asaba, Delta State.

Petferns Group spokesperson, Peace Eberechukwu, and Electrophile’s representatives, Krishna Iyer and Vinay Gaur, stated this yesterday during a meeting with journalists in Lagos.

The partnership, which will commence operations from the first week of January, is seeking distributors from all over Nigeria and West Africa.

Eberechukwu said the deal is separate from Petferns Group’s N2billion industrial project expected to commence operations soon in Bayelsa.

She stated that the Electrophile deal will involve the transfer of technology to Nigerian engineers.

Iyer, who spoke for Electrophile, assured that the products would meet customer requirements in terms of quality, and price. He said: “All of the products will have SONCAP certification. There will be SONCAP certification for every shipment. We are in the process of getting the product certified from the Standards Organisation of Nigeria ( SON). The equipment are ready. They will be here after Christmas, first week of January, 2020.”

He explained that the components that are for assemblage in Asaba have already been produced in Faridabad, near Delhi and will be shipped to Nigeria after obtaining SONCAP certification.