A TOTAL of 125,000 cable clamps manufactured in North Yorkshire by Ellis are currently being installed on a high speed extension of the Hong Kong MTR network.

Ellis, based in Rillington, was contracted to supply its one and two hole polymeric cable clams by CLP Power through local distributor, Wang Yip Hong.

The clamps are now being used to secure power, pilot and fibre optic cables throughout all the tunnels in the Hong Kong section of the Express Rail Link (XRL), which runs from West Kowloon to the Shenzhen Hong Kong Boundary, where it connects with the China Mainland section of the network.

When complete it will see trains operating at a maximum speed of 200km per hour – cutting journey times by an average of 50 per cent.

Tony Conroy, Ellis’ export sales director, said: "CLP is the biggest power utility company in Hong Kong and we are its sole supplier of cable cleats and clamps – a relationship that speaks volumes for the work done by the team at Wang Yip Hong and why we put so much faith in local distributors when it comes to exporting."

Ellis’ ever-expanding network of local distributors sees the firm represented in 30 different countries, working with major power, oil and gas, and infrastructure projects.

Mr Conroy said: "There is no way we could have achieved and then maintained our status as the world’s leading cable cleat manufacturer without our distributor network.

"They open doors for us that, quite honestly, we wouldn’t even have known were there, and as we look to expand our export operation into new territories and further develop our presence in existing markets, its size and importance will continue to grow."