Tratos has acquired AFL Telecommunications Europe Ltd in the UK

TRATOS CAVI S.p.a. (TRATOS), effective immediately, a company with headquarters in Pieve Santo Stefano, Tuscany, Italy, and wholly owned subsidiary of TRATOS S.r.l. has acquired all shares of AFL Telecommunications Europe Ltd, a subsidiary of AFL Telecommunications LLC (AFL). 

The purchase includes all fibre optic cable product lines for the power utility, rail, and oil and gas markets, including the SkyWrap® attached fibre optic solution for overhead power lines, ruggedised trackside fibre optic cables and subsea umbilical optic cable components. 

The company will continue to operate in its recently expanded facility in Swindon, UK. The acquisition will increase TRATOS's footprint in the UK alongside its existing electrical cable manufacturing facility in Knowsley, strengthening the breadth and depth of products TRATOS designs and manufactures.

“TRATOS and AFL’s Swindon plant share a strong commitment to quality products and services to core customers in the power utility, rail and oil and gas markets”, commented Elisabetta Bragagni Capaccini, CEO of TRATOS CAVI S.p.a. “Adding their unique product capabilities, staff technical expertise and EMEA sales team to our company will strengthen TRATOS’ position in these markets enabling us to offer a combined portfolio of market-leading electrical and optical cables to our customers.”

“TRATOS, as a European electrical and optic cable manufacturer with a long history in the market, is a synergistic match for the AFL Swindon facility. This is exciting news for the European utility, renewables, and rail industries”, commented Jeff Schmerbeck, Vice-President of Cable Solutions at AFL. Terms of the acquisition were not announced.

About Tratos 


TRATOS, the acronym of “TRAfilerie TOScane”,  is a family-owned business founded in 1966 by Egidio Capaccini, an Engineer in Pieve Santo Stefano in the province of Arezzo, Italy. Initially dedicated to drawing copper, the company now has an extended product portfolio of electrical cables, OHL conductors, telecommunications cables, and special cables with operations in Italy (3 locations), Spain and the UK, with sales worldwide. 

Swindon facility is the second Tratos-owned facility in the UK. Previously, thanks to a £20m investment by Tratos in Knowsley, Merseyside, there were created 40 new jobs. Prof Maurizio Bragagni Esq OBE, CEO of Tratos UK and Board Chairman, Made in Britain Leader of the Year 2023, firmly believes in new investment opportunities that could develop the existing production lines at Knowsley to embrace an enhanced cable manufacturing spectre and expand market opportunities.

Tratos has received accolades for our commitment to innovation and sustainability, including the Queen's Enterprise Award for Innovation, Silver medals for multiple years by EcoVadis, a perfect Sustainability score of 100 by Achilles and many local prizes.

For more information, visit tratosgroup.com.

About AFL

Founded in 1984, AFL is an international manufacturer providing end-to-end solutions to the energy, service provider, enterprise, hyperscale and industrial markets. The company’s products are in use in over 130 countries and include fibre optic cable and hardware, transmission, and substation accessories, outside plant equipment, connectivity, test and inspection equipment, fusion splicers, and training. AFL also offers a wide variety of services supporting data centre, enterprise, wireless and outside plant applications.

Headquartered in Spartanburg, SC, AFL has operations in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujikura Ltd. of Japan. 

For more information, visit www.AFLglobal.com.

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