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    With ever more competition in the marketplace, tendering becomes ever more agressive.  This drives behaviour of increased efficiency, but can also promote extreme price pressure on building products.  This is very applicable to cabling products, whose major component is ...

     

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    Wholesalers and distributors sell a vast array of cabling products to meet the varied needs of their customers.With no cable test facilities at their disposal it is often based on trust that the products they buy do perform to the standards required. However there is evidence that up to 20 ...

     

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    We live in a world of constant change, and regulation, legislation and statute is regularly updated to reflect this.  The complexities of regulation can be baffling, so we, the ACI, aim to demystify those bits of legislation that fall into our area of expertise.Keeping abreast of ...

     

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    Cables are made to British, European or International standards, to ensure the purchaser and user has confidence that a product is safe to use and will operate as expected.However, there is strong evidence that increasingly the guidelines and standards are not being followed by some manufa ...

     

Approved Cables Initiative Revealed to Electrical Supply Industry

March 02 2010

On 2 March 2010, the Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) launched its proactive and co-ordinated plan to investigate and address the issue of unsafe, non-approved and counterfeit cables in the UK marketplace.

BASEC Issues Safety Warning on Arctic Grade Cables

January 25 2010

BASEC has issued a safety warning to users of Arctic Grade cables. Some cables sold in the UK are no

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BASEC Issues Public Safety Warning on Kaydour Cable

December 03 2009

BASEC publishes Public Safety Warning about certain armoured cables carrying the Kaydour brand name

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