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...

With so much wrangling within the Australian Government ahead of COP26, it is pleasing to at last see that Mr Morrison will be able to take a commitment, on behalf of Australia, to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by the year 2050.

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’.

Early last month we wrote about the situation in the shipping industry where shippers are facing a critical shortage of shipping containers which is leading to delays in shipments. Well, there are now other factors that are combining to bring global supply chains to...

The ACA has become aware of a critical global shortage of shipping containers which is causing severe supply chain disruptions.