WCA March 2013

Chinese wire and cable industry worth $176bn urged to improve quality

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.”

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.

Administration 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 of

Quality 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 authorities

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