1979-July: Selected by BICC ltd for their Dubai Cable Manufacturing Co. known as the 'DUCAB' which was just commissioned. Dubai Cable Company (Private) Limited came into being in December 1977, when the former Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, announced the formation of purpose built cable manufacturing facility in Dubai. Work on the factory building at Jebel Ali started in June 1978, and was completed in May 1979. Former Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, opened factory on November 24.