The Importance of Electric Cable Marking

As part of the Australian Cable Initiative (ACI) surveillance programme, a reel of cable was purchased from an on-line e-tailer for testing. The cable was sold as being compliant to AS/NZS 5000.2 and the sheath marking on the cable also made this same claim. It was...

Upward Price Pressure Being Felt in the Cable Industry

Reassuringly, there is a very strong locally based cable manufacturing industry operating in Australia. This industry has managed to serve its customers well during the pandemic being one of the industries that is seen as ‘Essential’ and therefore allowed to keep...

Cable Sourcing – Something to Think About

The ACA has become aware of a critical global shortage of shipping containers which is causing severe supply chain disruptions. The article from Ship Technology linked here: Global shipping container shortage: the story so far (ship-technology.com) explains that when...