We have developed first indigenous switches, sockets, says Tranos MD
Tranos Contracting Limited, a manufacturing and engineering giant, says it has developed a new line of switches and sockets, which will be launched in Nigeria by the end of October.
According to the company, this makes Tranos the first Nigerian company to venture into the switch and socket market.
Jude Abalaka, managing director of Tranos, who disclosed this while speaking at the recent Power Nigeria Conference and Exhibition in Lagos, said the switches and sockets being introduced by Tranos have been designed to meet the demands of any form of device connection— whether UK or US standards.
“Looking at what is unique about our switches and sockets, I have personally realised that a lot of my devices, including phones and laptops, come from the US and for me to charge them, I need an adaptor. So, we have decided to build something that can work without an adaptor, both for the US-made devices and UK devices.
“Generally, what we have now are the typical UK connection standard of three-pin plugs. But the US standard is the two-pin flat that goes in. So, we have designed our socket in such way that it can accommodate both forms of connections and you do not need an adaptor before you charge your device,” Abalaka said.
He added that the company has been developing the products for a number of years, saying that “it took such a long time because of the uniqueness of the design, and to develop the moulds for the production and other stuffs”.
“It’s interesting for us because it is our first foray into this type of market,” he noted.
Abalaka said Tranos has developed the products to compete favourably in the market especially with products of same quality.
“First, we have incurred a lot of cost in developing the product. In the process, we have done quite extensive market research and we believe that we should compete favourably with existing products in the market.
“Of course, we still have products coming in from China with lower quality, but we are not competing with them in terms of price since we are not selling the same quality. We have designed our products to be competitive with anyone you have in the world with regard to quality,” he said.
The product, he said, will hit the market by the end of October, noting that Tranos was inspired to venture into that segment of the market to challenge itself by solving a problem locally.
“We could have gone to China and asked to produce what we want, but we said let’s challenge ourselves and come up with it”.
ODINAKA ANUDU