- CEO
- Mohammad Badrul Hassan
- Full Time Employees
- 830
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Electrical products
- Address
- Dhaka Bangladesh
- IPO Date
- Apr 27, 2017
- Business
- BBS Cables PLC is a Bangladesh-based manufacturer and distributor of electrical wires, cables, and conductors. Incorporated in 2009 and commencing commercial operations in 2011, the company is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and operates as a prominent affiliate of Bangladesh Building Systems PLC. The company is publicly listed on both the Dhaka Stock Exchange and the Chittagong Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BBSCABLES, serving domestic infrastructure, industrial, commercial, and residential sectors.
The company specializes in the engineering, fabrication, marketing, and distribution of a comprehensive range of electrical transmission and wiring solutions. Its primary product lines include low-voltage (LV), medium-voltage (MV), and high-voltage (HV) power cables; overhead bare and insulated conductors, including ACSR and AAC variants; building and domestic electrical wires, notably flame-retardant skin-coated (BYA-FR) and flexible PVC-insulated cables; telecommunication and network transmission cables, including optical fiber, coaxial, and jelly-filled telephone cables; specialized industrial cables, including railway signaling cables, submersible pump cables, arc-welding cables, automotive cables, and heat-resistant silicone cables; and drawn copper and aluminum rods and conductors. These products are supplied to national power distribution utilities, railway authorities, real estate developers, industrial plants, engineering contractors, and retail consumers across Bangladesh.
BBS Cables operates a heavy manufacturing facility situated at Sreepur in the Gazipur district of Bangladesh, integrating continuous casting, wire drawing, stranding, insulation extrusion, and laboratory testing facilities. The company distributes its products nationwide through dedicated institutional sales teams, regional distribution hubs, and an expansive network of authorized dealers and retail merchants.
In recent corporate developments, the company officially transitioned its legal name from BBS Cables Limited to BBS Cables PLC in February 2024 to comply with statutory naming standards for publicly traded joint-stock companies in Bangladesh. Amid shifting macroeconomic conditions, currency depreciation impacting raw material imports, and fluctuations in public sector project procurement, BBS Cables has initiated comprehensive operational adjustments. The company's recent strategic initiatives focus on strict cost rationalization, dynamic raw material inventory management for copper and aluminum cathodes, balance sheet deleveraging, and expanding market penetration within private commercial construction and domestic retail channels to mitigate public tender cyclicality.