PDIC
National investors founded Cobre Cerrillos S.A. (Cocesa) in 1950 for the manufacturing and commercialization of copper and other non-ferrous metals products, mainly electrical conductors and related products. Phelps Dodge Corporation bought 90.04% of Cobre Cerrillos S.A. in 1968. The plant’s administration and sales offices are located in Cerrillos, and a sales office is located in Antofagasta, in the northern region of Chile.
Milestones
- 1985 Cocesa introduces a new generation of Halogen Free cables of excellent flame retardant capacity and low smoke emission level characteristics.
- 1986 Cocesa introduces medium voltage submarine cables for the oil platforms in the south of the country. Cocesa is the first Chilean cables factory to obtain ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification.
- 2002 ISO 14000 certification obtained.
Plant Profile
State of the art cable manufacturing processes:
- Triple simultaneous extrusion for medium voltage cables.
- Dry cure for medium voltage cables.
- Polymold process jacketing application for power cables.
- Compounding facilities to manufacture different polymeric compounds. Research and Developments.
- Customized products design for specific applications.
- Polymeric compounds.
Product Lines
- Bare copper wires and cables.
- Copper Building Wire.
- Copper Medium Voltage Cables up to 35 kV (XLPE or EPR insulation).
- Industrial Cables: Copper Low and Medium Voltage, up to 35kV (EPR insulation and Neoprene, Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene (Hypalon) or Thermoplastic Polyurethane Jackets)
- Metallic Armoured Low and Medium Voltage Cables up to 35 kV.
