WCA November 2013

Editor ( 编辑 ): ............................................... David Bell Features Editor – USA ( 专栏编辑 – 美国 ): .............................. Dorothy Fabian Editorial Assistant ( 助理文字编辑 ): ............................... Christian Bradley Design/Production ( 设计/制作 ): ........... Julie Tomlin Production ( 制作 ): .................................... Lisa Wright Translation ( 翻译经理 ): .............................. Tony Zhou Jianye Yang Linda Li Advertising/Marketing : ......................... Jason Smith ( 广告/营销 ):

$1 trillion boon for the GCC Driven by an astonishing $1 trillion worth of infrastructure and real estate projects to 2018, the GCC region – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the Sultanate of Oman, and the Republic of Yemen – is certainly ending 2013 on a high. These projects will provide a much-needed chance for the area’s wire and cable companies – if they rise to the challenges ahead. Whilst the older companies have faced stiff competition since the 2008 recession, the newcomers in the region have taken advantage of the opportunities on offer. The competition is a major driving factor in the market, as outlined in the report by Integer Research on page 8 of this issue of Wire & Cable ASIA . The report also goes on to claim that Saudi Arabia, in particular, will see a consumption growth rate of 5.4 per cent from now to 2017. The report has been published prior to the 2 nd Advanced Cable Asia 2013 Conference being held in Shanghai, China, at the end of November. Also in this final issue of the year is news of one UK company – Metalube – receiving its Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade. The full story on this can be found on page 15. It also seems that Huawei is forging ahead with its vision for a 5G network. The Chinese telecom equipment provider currently has 200 technicians working on G5, which includes increasing Internet speed up to 10Gbit/ second. This can be found in our Telecom News section on page 38.

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US coal exporters could also be in for an uncomfortable ride after a fall in demand from China as the energy sector shifts towards cleaner-burning operations. Insights on this can be found in From the Americas on page 43.

《亚洲线缆》一年出版六期，面向整个北亚、东南亚地区的 电线、电缆和线材制品的生产商和用户发行。订阅一年： 欧元 140 ；英镑 120 ; 美元 195 。

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