Kelani Cables

Kelani Cables PLC

Kelani Cables PLC. (KCL) was founded in 1969. Kelani is the pioneer in Sri Lanka’s wire drawing industry. In 1973, KCL was incorporated as a quoted public limited liability company for the manufacture of power cables, telecommunications cables, and enamelled winding wires in Sri Lanka. 

The company was a subsidiary of the Pacific Dunlop Cables Group of Australia until 1996 and it thereafter became a fully owned Sri Lankan Company. The ACL Cables group of companies acquired majority shares of Kelani in 1999. Since then Kelani has been recognized as a fast developing cable-manufacturing company in Sri Lanka.

Products

KCL products are manufactured to international as well as Sri Lankan standards. The Kelani enamel wires have received the Underwriters Laboratory (UL) certification. The company's main products are all types of aluminium and steel-reinforced aluminium conductors, and single-core and multi-core PVC/XLPE insulated armoured and unarmoured copper or aluminum cables and coaxial cables. The company is also the leading manufacturer in Sri Lanka of enamelled copper winding wires. Systematic investments have been made over the past four years or so, and, as a result, the company has achieved better product safety, international recognition, breakthroughs in product development, and, above all, import substitution. Research and Development (R & D) has been given priority with regard to the objectives of the company. A state-of-the-art laboratory and testing facility at KCL offers precise and methodical tests for all products, ensuring that they are SLS compliant, as well as meeting other international standards, before being rolled out of the factory. This, in turn, assures users of the product's reliability and safety.