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YOA launches larger optical fibre cable factory at Dube TradePort
Fibre-optic cable manufacturer Yangtze Optics Africa (YOA) Cable officially opened its new 14 000 m2 optical fibre factory in the Dube TradePort, in La Mercy, KwaZulu-Natal, on March 11. The factory is currently producing about 80 000 km of fibre-optic cable a...
YOA expands North Coast investment with R160-million fibre optic factory at Dube TradePort
The Chinese company is Africa’s largest optical fibre cable manufacturer. Yangtze Optics Africa Cable (YOA) has more than doubled its North Coast investment with a new R160-million fibre optic cable factory at Dube TradePort. The Chinese company, Africa’s largest...
YOA Cable launches biggest optical fibre plant in Africa
Fibre cable maker Yangtze Optics Africa Cable has opened a R160 million facility — the biggest optical fibre cable manufacturing plant on the continent — at the Dube TradePort special economic zone north of Durban. YOA Cable is a joint venture between Chinese-owned...
KZN boosts tech sector with Africa’s largest optical fibre plant
Yangtze Optics Africa Cable (YOA Cable) on Tuesday unveiled its R160 million, 14 000m² plant at the Dube Trade Port. KwaZulu-Natal has received a major boost in technology with the launch of Africa’s largest optical fibre manufacturing facility. Yangtze Optics Africa...
YOA Cable expands optical fiber manufacturing in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Fiber cable manufacturer Yangtze Optics Africa (YOA) Cable has invested an additional 160 million South African rands (about 8.7 million U.S. dollars) to expand its optical fiber manufacturing facility in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal...
Inside South Africa’s biggest fibre factory
The Yangtze Optics Africa (YOA) Cable fibre-optic cable manufacturing facility in Durban’s Dube TradePort special economic zone has the capacity to produce 8 000km of cable for the local telecommunications industry per month. Construction of the 14 000sq m facility...