Started in 1957, as Malayan Cables Limited (the first cable manufacturer in Malaysia) Tenaga Cable Industries Sdn Bhd has a long fifty glorious years and illustrious history of growth and achievements. In 1999, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Malaysia utility giant, acquired majority shares through its wholly owned subsidiary, TNB Ventures Sdn Bhd and renamed the company as Tenaga Cable Industries Sdn Bhd or TCI.

TCI plants are located at Lot 2, Jalan P/12, Section 10, Kawasan Perusahaan Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia which occupies more than 54, 000 sq meters of land area and more than 14,000 sq meters of build up area.

TCI is principally involved in the manufacturing and distribution of a wide range of power cables. These include low to medium voltage XLPE cables, Aluminium Conductors Steel Reinforced ACSR, Optical Ground Wires OPGW, Aluminium rods and Aluminium Alloy Rods, and Low Voltage General Cables.

TCI manufacture various types of XLPE cables mainly Low Voltage XLPE Insulated Power Cables, Medium Voltage XLPE Insulated Power Cables, and Aerial Bundle Cables. The Medium Voltage XLPE supports up to 66 Kilo Volts. Single-core, 3-core, 4-core, and triplex. Apart from that TCI also manufacture Aluminium Conductor Steel Reinforced (ACSR), All Aluminium Alloy Conductor (AAAC), Aluminium Rods and Aluminium Alloy Rods.

TCI also manufacture various types of pilot cables according to TNB standard specification. Some basic construction include twisted pair PE insulated tape of copper wire with .914 mm., binder tape, PETP tape, optional plastic tape, aluminium tape lapped with PETP, PVC Bedding with termite repellant, single layer galvanized steel wire armour, and PPC sheet with termite repellant.

Composite Optical Ground Wire or OPGW, combines ground wire for shielding overhead power transmission lines together with optical fibers for transmission of communication signals. TCI have the capability to manufacture both SUS type and Slotted type of OPGW. Our Memorandum of Understanding with PLP Australia enables us to supply all types of accessories of OPGW.

TCI plants capacity are as follows; 3600 Km of Power Cables and overhead aluminium conductors, 10000 metric tonne of Aluminium Rods and 1400 Km of OPGW conductors.

Apart from cable manufacturing TCI also provide installation services. This include the supervision of OPGW and Hardwares for 500 KV transmission line from Air Tawar sub-station to TNB Jana Manjong Power Station. Some of the completed projects are 500 Kv TNB Transmission System Development project, 132Kv overhead transmission line from PMU Panchor to PMU Kandis, Kelantan, 132Kv XLPE underground cables reconfiguration at PMU Tampoi Industry Park, Johore, 33 KV TNB infrastructure projects in Peninsular Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang, Sabah East Coast Transmission Project, MSC Projects, Putrajaya and Cyberjaya.

On the International market TCI has developed projects for PT IKI Indonesia, Brunei Darul Salam, Telekom of Libya, Tokyo Electric Power Corporation of Japan, National Power Corporation, Philippines, EVN Vietnam, SAK Singapore, Hutchinson Hong Kong, and Powerlink Australia.

TCI is an ISO 9001:2000 accredited company since 1997 from Det Norske Veritas (DNV) of Rotterdam, TCI has always strived for excellence with product design to meet the following standards; Tenaga Nasional Berhad specifications, International Electro Technical Commission (ITEC) Standards, British Standards, Standard & Industrial Research Institute Malaysia (SIRIM) MS 136:1995, MS 274:1995, and Malaysia Energy Commission standards. Our products also were type tested and certified by international body such as CESI of Italy and KEMA of Netherlands.