Iran’s Minister of Industry lauds quality of Voltamp products

Business Tuesday 16/July/2019 16:39 PM
By: Times News Service
Iran’s Minister of Industry lauds quality of Voltamp products

Muscat: Reza Rahmani, Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade of Iran, visited the plants of the Voltamp group of companies in Rusayl Industrial Area, along with the delegation which accompanied him during his visit to the Sultanate of Oman
Voltamp is one of the major manufacturers of the electrical transformers of the Sultanate and provides larger portion of the requirements of the markets of the country. These products are also exported abroad.
The minister toured various facilities of the Voltamp plants of transformers and listened to the explanations regarding development of these factories which produce high quality transformers for the Sultanate and the region.
He was also brief about the efforts made to further improve them to develop the Omani industry.
Reza Rahmani expressed his appreciation for the technology as well as the technical work of production of transformers in Voltamp. He also lauded the quality of the Omani industry and the standard specifications sought by the concerned authorities for these products.
He also had a word of praise for the efforts made for industrialisation in the Sultanate, its importance for achieving self-sufficiency and for exporting surplus to the markets across the Middle East And North Africa.
The avenues of cooperation and export of the products of Volamp factories to strengthen bilateral trade between the two countries were the subjects which came up during the discussion.
The Voltamp Group, since its establishment in 1987, had the objective to emerge as main manufacturer of electricity switches and transformers used in electricity generation, transmission and distribution networks.
The Voltamp group is comprised of three prominent companies and an integrated maintenance unit. Voltamp High Voltage Transformers is one of the companies in Sohar Industrial Zone, Sohar, which produces high voltage transformers with a capacity of 500 MVA 220 kV, in technical cooperation with Tatung International. The factories of Voltamp Transformers company in Rusayl Industrial Zone, manufactures medium voltage transformers with capacity of 10 MVA and 33 KV, KV and a voltage of 33 kV, and distribution transformers with a capacity of 2,500 KVA of 33 Kv and transformers dedicated for oil and gas sector in addition to other types of transformers including earthing transformers and closed electricity transformers.
Voltamp Energy works in the area of manufacturing low voltage electricity switches boards. This is in collaboration with a French company Schneider. In addition to these three companies, Voltamp group has a specialised engineering services unit which works on the engineering, repairing and maintenance of transformers and switches with capacities up to 500MVA and 220KV.