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...

Is Your Cable OK to Use?

There have been several examples of defective electrical cables being discovered in domestic installations both in Australia and New Zealand; the Infinity/Olsent TPS, the ECables SDI, and the TPS cable imported into NZ by Lyon Electrical. There are several...

Australian Cable Initiative relaunch

The Australian Cablemakers Association (ACA) is pleased to announce that the Australian Cable Initiative (ACI) has been relaunched as a separate not-for-profit entity to the ACA with its own Board of Directors. The main purposes of the ACI are to: Advocate for...