Irkutsk cable

The enterprise JSC "Irkutskkabel" was designed and built as a highly specialized plant for the production of two main groups of cable products: uninsulated aluminum and steel-aluminum wires for overhead power lines and power cables exclusively with aluminum cores. The need for uninsulated wires was due to the construction of high-voltage power lines from the Irkutsk, Bratsk, Krasnoyarsk, Ust-Ilimsk hydroelectric power stations. Power cable was required for the construction of the Bratsk, Krasnoyarsk and Sayansk aluminum plants, the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk timber processing complexes, and the Sayansk and Usolsk "Khimprom".

Every year the plant's team mastered the production of new types of cable products.

In 1966, the first stage of the workshop for the production of uninsulated wires was commissioned.

In 1973, the production of power cables in PVC insulation was mastered.

In 1974, the production of cables in paper-impregnated insulation was launched.

In 1976, the production of control cables with plastic insulation was mastered.

In 1993, the plant was one of the first in Russia to begin production of self-supporting insulated wires.

In 1996, the first batch of power and control cables with copper