Market announcement

AS Harju Elekter Group

LEI code

5299009GM96I0NYKWS93

Size of the entity

Large group

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Country of registered office

Estonia

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Unique data record identifier

2779

Submission date and time

09.06.2010 13:05:51

Content of announcement in Estonian

Title

ASi Harju Elekter sidusettevõte AS Draka Keila Cables avas tehase laienduse

Message

Harju Elekter                        Börsiteade                       07.06.2010

AS Harju Elekter sidusettevõte Baltimaade juhtiv kaablitootja 
AS Draka Keila Cables avas möödunud nädala lõpus tehase laienduse. 
Draka Keila Cablesi tootmishoonesse investeeris ja ehitustöid juhtis AS Harju
Elekter, mille tulemusena suurenesid AS Draka Keila Cables'ile renditavad
tootmispinnad 3700 ruutmeetri võrra 12 300 ruutmeetrini ja välisladu 18 700
ruutmeetrini. 

Madalpinge -ning energiakaableid toodetakse kokku 15 tootmisliinil, neist kaks
on laienduse käigus lisandunud. Kokku ulatusid Draka Keila Cablesi
investeeringud 25 miljoni kroonini, mille tulemusena kasvab tehase tootmismaht
60%. 

Draka Keila Cables`i 2009. aasta käive oli 399,43 miljonit krooni. Eksport
moodustas mullu 283,97 miljonit krooni ehk 71% kogukäibest. Ettevõtte omanikeks
on maailma juhtiv kaablikontsern Draka Holding (66%) ja AS Harju Elekter (34%).
Draka Keila Cables klientideks on elektrivõrgud, 
elektri- ning televõrkude ehitajad, tööstusettevõtted ja elektritoodete
hulgimüüjad. 

Ettevõte asutati 1992. aasta detsembris, asutajateks olid toona Nokia Cables
Soomest (59%) ja Eesti elektrotehnikaettevõte AS Harju Elekter (41%),
välisinvesteering ületas 1 miljon USD, mis tolleaegse maksuseaduse järgi andis
loodud ühisfirmale maksuvabastuse kolmeks aastaks ja 50% soodustuse kolmeks
aastaks. Euroopa standarditele vastavate jõu- ja paigalduskaablite tootmist
alustati AS-i Harju Elekter territooriumil peale põhjalikku renoveerimist ja
kaasaegsete tootmisliinide paigaldamist 1993. aasta kevadel. Tehase avamisel
pidasid kõne tolleaegne Eesti peaminister Mart Laar ja Nokia juhatuse esimees
Jorma Ollila. Kaabli tootmist Keilas alustati 1968 aastal, mida AS Harju
Elekter loeb oma tegevuse alguseks. 

Harju Elekter on juhtiv elektriseadmete ja -materjalide tootja Baltimaades.
Harju Elektri Gruppi kuuluvad elektriseadmete valmistajatehased Eestis, Soomes
ja Leedus: AS Harju Elekter Elektrotehnika (100%), Satmatic Oy (100%) ja Rifas
UAB (51%), samuti telekommunikatsioonitoodete valmistaja AS Eltek (100%) ning
sidusettevõte AS Draka Keila Cables (34%). Harju Elektril on ka
finantsinvesteeringud Läti elektriseadmete müügifirmas SIA Energokomplekss
(14%) ja Soome börsiettevõttes PKC Group Oyj (8%). 

Andres Allikmäe
Juhatuse esimees
Tel 6747 400

Content of announcement in English

Title

AS Harju Elekter affiliated undertaking AS Draka Keila Cables opened a factory

Message

Harju Elekter               Company Announcement                  09.06.2010

AS Draka Keila Cables, an affiliated undertaking of AS Harju Elekter and a
leading cable producer in the Baltic States opened a factory extension at the
end of last week. AS Harju Elekter invested in the Draka Keila Cables
production building and managed the construction work, as a result of which the
production premises leased out to AS Draka Keila Cables increased by 3,700 m2
to 12,300 m2 and the external warehouse to 18,700 m2. 

Low-voltage and energy cables are produced on a total of 15 production lines,
two of which were added in the course of the expansion. The investments in
Draka Keila Cables totaled EEK 25 million, as a result of which the output of
the factory increased by 60%. 

The turnover of Draka Keila Cables in 2009 amounted to EEK 399.43 million and
exports totaled EEK 283.97 million or 71% of total sales. The owners of the
company are the global leading cable group Draka Holding (66%) and AS Harju
Elekter (34%). The clients of Draka Keila Cables are electricity networks,
builders of electricity and television networks, industrial companies and
wholesalers of electricity products. 

The company was founded in December 1992, the founders were Nokia Cables from
Finland (59%) and Estonian electro-technical company AS Harju Elekter (41%);
foreign investments exceeded USD 1 million, which according to the taxation
legislation applicable then granted the founded joint venture tax exemption for
three years and a tax incentive of 50% for three years. The production of power
and installation cables complying with European standards commenced on the
territory of AS Harju Elekter, following the complete renovation and
installation of modern production lines, in the spring of 1993. At the
inauguration of the factory, speeches were delivered by then Prime Minister of
Estonia Mart Laar and the Chairman of the Management Board of Nokia Jorma
Ollila. Cable production in Keila commenced in 1968, which AS Harju Elekter
deems to be the beginning of its activities. 

Harju Elekter is the leading producer of electrical equipment and materials in
the Baltic States. Harju Elekter Group includes the manufacturers of electrical
equipment in Estonia, Finland and Lithuania: AS Harju Elekter Elektrotehnika
(100%), Satmatic Oy (100%) and Rifas UAB (51%), also the producer of
telecommunications products AS Eltek (100%) and affiliated undertaking AS Draka
Keila Cables (34%). Harju Elekter also has financial investments in the Latvian
company selling electrical equipment SIA Energokomplekss (14%) and listed
Finnish company PKC Group Oyj (8%). 

Andres Allikmäe
Chairman of the Management Board
Phone +372 674 7400