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Antennax Passes IEC 60332-3-24 Fire Test
Oct 15, 2012The FS Cables Antennax range of LSHF microwave cables have been enhanced and independently tested by leading test house BRE to meet IEC 60332-3-24 flame retardance requirements. The cables tested were the 50 Ohm ANT-400-LSHF, ANT-600-LSHF and the 75 Ohm A
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Honeywell Door Entry Cable
Nov 02, 2017To meet the needs of installers of Honeywell equipment, FS Cables now stock a new door entry cable. With an overall screen and 6 cores of 18(7) AWG, this PVC data cable is for use on card reader systems, connecting the reader where a card is swiped to t
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Copper Price - What Effect On Cable Will The New Year Bring?
Oct 15, 2012While the price of copper has been threatening to spike for the last 5 years, with rumours of shortages and the increase in demand from the emerging markets, it is in these last 12 months when we have witnessed an unprecedented surge in the growth.
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Industry News
Oct 15, 2012Welcome to turbulent times. After what was generally regarded as a great year for the cabling industry 2007 has started rather shakily. Copper is dominant factor with the price falling and now starting to recover. If you are buying power cables there a
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Copper - What next?
Oct 15, 2012After ending 2006 at well over £3000 per ton, copper fell back to around £2600 in mid February 2007. Since March it has steadily climbed to over £4000 – a rise of over 50% in just 8 weeks. It is quite possible that the previous high of £4600+ of last May
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Whipping for cable thieves!
Oct 15, 2012It was a headline that certainly caught our eye. On a recent holiday to Malaysia, Sharon, our financial controller bought a copy of the New Sabbah Times featuring the front page news of the rise in cable and copper theft.
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Is China a Threat or a Bonus For The Cable Industry?
Oct 15, 2012An ever increasing array of products is now coming into the UK from the Far East. Although bras have been hitting the headlines in the recent bra wars, the effect of cable imports from around the world has devastated the UK cable industry with an estimate
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Copper Latest
Oct 15, 2012Fluctuations of between 10 and 12% over a 3 month period would once have sparked fear in the cable industry but are now taken in its stride.
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Copper vs. Aluminium
Oct 15, 2012As mentioned a couple of issues ago the practice of substituting solid copper with copper coated aluminium (CCA) to save money has reached the UK. Cables mainly affected so far are internal telephone cables (CW1308 type) alarm cables and coax. One of the
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Copper on the Rise
Oct 15, 2012Copper has steadily risen since Christmas showing an almost mirror image of price and movement over the past five months when compared to the same period in 2006/7.
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Copper - the Facts
Oct 15, 2012Tired of (wrongly!) predicting the fluctuations in copper price, Wired would like to give you some facts in this issue. The electrical industry is the largest user of copper consuming 42% of the annual production with Asia contributing 43% of the total co
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