Exel Composites and Tratos sign a four-year frame agreement

Exel Composites has signed a frame agreement with Tratos for the supply of composite conductor cores for the period 2026-2029. The agreement includes a minimum volume commitment of at least €22 million to Exel for deliveries through 2029. In accordance with the terms of the agreement, the company will record the volume commitment in its order intake during the fourth quarter of 2025.

“Tratos is a leading player in advanced cabling solutions, and we are pleased to build on and further expand our cooperation in composite conductor cores,” says Paul Sohlberg, president and CEO of Exel Composites. “Grid investment needs are growing, and composite core conductors are a good fit with our strategy to grow in energy transition applications through continuous manufacturing and reliable quality.”

“Working with Exel Composites helps us secure composite cores for our conductor programs through 2029,” says Albano Bragagni, president of Tratos. “This supports our customers’ planning for grid upgrades by enabling higher capacity and improved transmission efficiency – often without changing the line route or the supporting structures.”

Composite conductor cores are the central load-bearing element of an overhead transmission conductor and are a growing application for carbon fibre composites. Compared with steel-reinforced designs, a carbon fibre composite core combines high tensile strength with low linear expansion, supporting high-temperature, low-sag operation and helping operators increase capacity on existing lines using existing towers in many cases. Carbon fibre composite designs also offer corrosion resistance and non-magnetic characteristics.

Tratos offers overhead conductors that utilise multistrand carbon fibre composite core technology. Under the agreement, Tratos will integrate Exel’s composite solution into its conductor offering. Exel will manufacture the cores using continuous pultrusion and quality-controlled processes that deliver consistent mechanical performance. The orders will be fulfilled from Exel’s global manufacturing network according to project schedules agreed with Tratos.

Exel Composites will be exhibiting at JEC World 2026, in Hall 5, booth E132.

About Exel Composites
Exel Composites is one of the largest manufacturers of composite profiles and tubes made with pultrusion and pullwinding technologies and a pultrusion technology forerunner in the global composite market. The company’s forward-thinking composite solutions made with continuous manufacturing technologies serve customers in a wide range of industries around the world. Exel Composites is headquartered in Finland, employs over 600 professionals and is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.

About Tratos Cavi Spa 
Tratos Cavi S.p.a., the acronym of TRAfilerie TOScane, was founded in 1966 by Mr Egidio Capaccini, an engineer in Pieve Santo Stefano in the province of Arezzo. Initially dedicated to drawing copper, the company now has an extended product portfolio of electrical cables (up to 170KV), OHL conductors, telecommunications cables, special cables with operations in Italy (3 locations), in Spain and the UK, with sales worldwide.

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