Telephone Cables Ltd. (TCL), a joint venture of Brar group and the Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation, is into jelly-filled telecom cables. The company posted an estimated turnover of Rs 79.5 crore during 2000-01.

The company’s plant, located on the outskirts of Chandigarh, was set up in technical collaboration with Essex of USA. The unit has state-of-the-art machines and test equipment. The manufacturing facility, set up in 1989, has a production capacity that has been increased to 2.3 million Conductor Kilometers. The manufacturing unit has been assessed and approved by NQA Quality Registrars Ltd. (accredited by Dutch Council for Certification) for ISO 9002 Quality Assurance Management Systems.

TCL is now diversifying into the manufacturing of Optical fiber and Fiber Optic cable. It is aiming at developing a complete range of telecommunication cables, LAN (category 5) cables, UL Wires, Automotive/Appliance Harnesses, Co-Axial cables and magnet wires. The company has formed a joint venture company with Hitachi Cable Limited of Japan and set up facilities at the Mohali location, for manufacturing Optical Fiber and Fiber Optic Cables. HITACHI-TCL Pvt. Ltd., the joint venture company, will provide a complete range of telecommunication cables and accessories, and turnkey solutions for the outside plant.