The Cable Directory

LS Cable announced Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Superior Essex of the U.S., the largest wire and cable maker in North America and 10th largest in the world. The acquisition is expected to help the Korean company leap from the world’s seventh largest wire and cable manufacturer to third. LS Cable will set up a holding company in the U.S. with W356 billion (US$1=W1,030) and use that to publicly purchase stocks for a month under a deal with Superior Essex.
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Northwire, Inc. has introduced a new cable assembly product line—Endurance. The new product line includes cable assemblies for vision system applications. Endurance cable assemblies are engineered with top-quality connectors and Northwire’s advanced, industrial-grade cables. These rugged assemblies provide ultra-reliable interconnectivity in motion and vision system applications. Endurance products for vision system applications include CCXC Analog Video, MVC-800 FireWire, GEV-1000™ GigE Vision™ and Camera Link® cable assemblies.
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At the end of 2007, the subsidiary trade company TELE-FONIKA Cable Americas, which provides cable on the markets of North and South America, won a contract for provision of high voltage cable to consumers in Canada. Cable manufactured in Bydgoszcz Facility with a voltage of 115 kV and with a 380 mm² cross-section will be provided to the firm Syncrude in Mildred Lake, which is located approx. 40 km to the north of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada. Syncrude is the largest producer of synthetic materials produced on the basis of oil derivatives created as a result of refining crude oil.
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Wire and cable maker Superior Essex Inc. said Tuesday it is talking with LS Cable Ltd. about a $45-per-share buyout proposal. Seoul, South Korea-based LS Cable initially approached Superior Essex (nasdaq: SPSX – news – people ) with a $36-per-share proposal on March 24, 2008, Superior Essex said. LS Cable says its $45 per share offer is its final proposal, Superior Essex said.

Swedish based manufacturer of high performance RF and Co-axial Cables, Habia Cable is pleased to announce a substantial investment in it’s Chinese cable manufacturing facility. Located in Changzhou the facility is mainly geared to producing high performance co-axial cables for the communications market.
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