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Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2013
Done deal
Oman Cables has
signed a deal to
supply electrical
cables to all of
Samsung’s
engineering,
procurement and
construction
(EPC) projects
worldwide.
The contract
between the two
companies was
signed at the
Sultanate of Oman
Embassy in Seoul,
South Korea.
Oman Cables
Industry
described the
deal as “a
landmark
achievement for
OCI to be
associated with a
global company
like Samsung.”
Quality authorities are
urging Chinese wire and cable
companies to promote
advanced technologies to
improve quality, not just
expand capacity. China is
believed to be the world’s
largest wire and cable
manufacturer.
According to the General
Administration of Quality
Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine, the industry’s
output was worth over $176
billion in 2011.
“But some wire and cable
products now still fail to reach
quality standards, which may
endanger people’s health and
public safety,” said Wei
Chuanzhong, deputy chief of
the administration, during a
recent two-day summit on wire
and cable products.
“Electric fires account for
about 80 per cent of severe
fire hazards in China every
year and over half of such fires
were triggered by the use of
substandard electrical wire
and cable products,” he
explained.
A quality inspection,
conducted by the
administration, found that of
1,762 batches of electrical
wire and cable products
randomly selected from ten
provinces, 208 batches were
substandard.
“There is great potential for the
industry in China, but
producers need to realise that
technology improvements and
high quality are the future of
the industry,” said Yang
Xueshan, vice-minister of
industry and information
technology.
China has over 7,800 wire and
cable companies, with exports
accounting for only around
three per cent of the country’s
total production, Wei said.
According to the
administration, wire and cable
products used in areas such
as aerospace and nuclear
power sectors are mostly
imported.
Chinese wire and cable industry worth
$176bn urged to improve quality
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