Cables Industry News

UK - Hydro Group invests in equipment for higher-spec marine power cables
Hydro Group recently launched a new £4.2m R&D, engineering and manufacturing facility in Aberdeen with £500,000 invested in new equipment, including a purpose built cable layup machine which will allow them to make higher technical specification cables for the marine renewable sector. more

7 Sep | Italy - Tratos wins superconducting wire contract for experimental fusion reactor

7 Sep | Sweden - Aros Quality Group agrees to acquire TVAB International

7 Sep | Hungary - Dräxlmaier to lay off 445 in Mór, facility may close

7 Sep | Japan - SWCC Showa Cable Systems to consolidate general-purpose cable production

7 Sep | USA - Belden joins European rail group UNIFE with all its product brands

7 Sep | India - Sterlite Technologies wins EEPC and V&D 100 awards

3 Sep | South Korea – KEPCO and LS Cable to develop HVDC superconducting cable system

3 Sep | Japan – Sumitomo Wiring Systems will consolidate four subsidiaries

3 Sep | Tunisia – Kromberg & Schubert plans to expand its Beja factory

3 Sep | France – Nexans could spend 800 million euros on acquisition

3 Sep | Japan – SWCC Showa Cable will produce cables for nuclear plants

3 Sep | USA – Dow Wire & Cable announces price increase for the Americas

3 Sep | Lithuania – TEO LT AB will spend LTL96 million to deploy fibre optic network

3 Sep | USA – CommScope launches Global BusinessPartner Program

31 Aug | Japan - Copper wire and cable shipments increase by 2.9% in July

31 Aug | South Africa - WACS to extend submarine cable system from Portugal to the UK

31 Aug | Bulgaria - Cable thieves trigger Internet blackout

27 Aug | Japan - Fujikura, Showa Cable and Kyushu Electric Power develop superconducting transformer

27 Aug | China - Utilisation rate of Chinese copper wire & wirerod companies at 90%

18 Aug | USA - AMSC acquires 25% stake in Blade Dynamics

18 Aug | USA - Composite Technology announces qualification of Alcan Cable

18 Aug | Japan - Leading 5 electric wire makers all posted net profit in fiscal Q1

18 Aug | Germany - Aurubis says growth in China, Germany underpins copper demand

18 Aug | Kazakhstan - Kazakhmys says copper output flat until 2014

16 Aug | Japan - J-Power plans new cable plants in China, North America, Europe

16 Aug | Japan - SEI plans 20,000 more overseas auto harness workers by 2012

16 Aug | Uzbekistan - Chinese, Finnish companies equip Uzkabel’s new HV power cable project

16 Aug | USA - Amphenol’s acquisition of Borisch Manufacturing

16 Aug | South Africa - Composite Technology wins new conductor order in Johannesburg

11 Aug | China - World’s longest high-altitude power link for Tibet

11 Aug | China - Composite Technology sets up Chinese subsidiary

11 Aug | Canada / USA - Hydrogenics enters strategic alliance with CommScope

11 Aug | India - Vindhya wins US$110m BSNL contract to lay fibre network for Indian Navy

11 Aug | UAE - MESC wins instrumentation cables contract for Ruwais refinery

11 Aug | USA - Alcan Cable announces price increases on wire / cable products

9 Aug | Italy - KME copper, alloys product output up 21% y/y in H1

9 Aug | UK - Habia supplies defence cables for QEC aircraft carriers

9 Aug | India - Paramount Cables expands dealer network across the country

9 Aug | South Africa - Mob burns cable thieves alive