The Cable Directory

Northwire, Inc. offers online ordering for EnduroFLEX III® Retractile Power Cordage through www.NorthwireDirect.com, the company’s Web ordering site. No minimum order quantity is required. Retractile cords from NorthwireDirect are available in three to five business days. They feature high coil memory, and are outdoor-rated and resist chemicals, oil, detergents, solvents, abrasion, UV-light, moisture and tangle. Cords are available in 300V- and 600V-rated versions, 12 to 18 AWG, and with two to five conductors. Cords are UL-listed SJEOW and CSA approved SJTOW.
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TELE-FONIKA Cable Americas, the American subsidiary of the TELE-FONIKA Group, will provide power cables (which pass 2 kV) to Texas and Louisiana – two states which have suffered at the hands of Hurricane Ike. The delivery of the cables started on 13th September, immediately after the receipt of the order for power cables by TF Cable Americas. Hurricane Ike destroyed or damaged many power lines, especially in Texas and Louisiana. TF Cable storage in Batavia, Illinois, is prepared for the next emergency supply of power cables, which would take place after the valuation of power network damage in both states.
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Scotch Power Cable Jacket Repair Tape 2234 from 3M has a tough, abrasion-resistant backing for jacket repair on industrial power cables. In extremely abrasive environments, the original jacket on cables often gets damaged and needs to be repaired. Examples of these demanding “dragline” applications are temporary cable installs, generator cables, cutters, cranes, conveyors and lifting magnets in a variety of markets, such as shipyards, oil and gas, airports, wind farms, cellular towers and heavy industrials. This tape is flexible, and the self-fusing property of the mastic keeps out moisture.
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The acquisition, advised by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), could be announced about four weeks after completion of formalities. Sterlite Technologies, promoted by Anil Agarwal of the Vedanta Resources fame, is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire UK-based cable company Brand Rex for about US$55mn.
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ACL Cables which recently won the World Class Asia Pacific Quality Award (IAPQA) 2008, said that they are now in the process of changing gear and concentrating on backward integration, and the Company is currently on the verge of launching Sri Lanka’s first ever copper rod factory. The factory will aim to produce almost double the requirement of ACL Cables of which it plans to export a large quantity of copper rods to the region. “ACL has always been a stickler for getting the technical know-how right, and this time around too we have got technical support for our copper factory from expert foreign consultants” says Suren Madanayake, Managing Director of ACL Cables. “This Copper plant is the natural sequence to our development process as we are a big importer of this product.”
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The worldwide leader in the cable industry Nexans has secured an exclusive EUR 8.9 million contract from the Istanbul Transportation Authority to provide 988 kilometer of specialized rail cables for an extension of the city’s Metro and Light Rail systems.
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Alcan Cable, part of Alcan Engineered Products – a business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan, has made STABILOY(TM) brand wire the first aluminium alloy building wire available in China. STABILOY(TM) provides a unique, cost-effective solution for residential, commercial, power utility, industrial and institutional market applications.
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