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SWCC Showa Holdings Co., Ltd, the Japan-based cable and systems manufacturer, announced plans to construct a copper wirerod plant in China during fiscal year 2012. The new factory, which will have an annual capacity of 60,000t, will be located in Tianjin. Investment is expected to reach RMB1.0B - RMB1.5B. In China, high-quality copper wire is in demand because it is used in winding wire assembling, primarily for automobiles. The company said it also plans to invest RMB1.5B in adding equipment to its factory in Zhejiang to double annual capacity there to 60,000t.

To improve streamlining and strengthen businesses in China, SWCC Showa Holdings is to increase capital investment by US$83.5M - an increase of around 60%y-o-y, the company said. Broken down, this will be an increase of around 75-80% for domestic investment and around 20-25% for overseas investment. Domestically the company said it will focus on streamlining to strengthen profitability; improving the productivity of electric wires for construction and electric power fields and replacing production lines for fibre optic cables. The overseas investment will be to increase the capacity for growth markets such as copper wire rods and industrial electric wires, the company said.

The production of wiring and wiring devices in Hungary increased by 16.7% y-o-y in the January to May 2011 period. Hungarian manufacturers' total sales of wiring and wiring devices increased by 18.5% y-o-y, mainly due to a substantial increase of 36.2% in sales on the domestic market. Sales on export markets increased by a more modest 15.6%, according to Hungary's Central Statistical Office.

"This technology is generally applied to high quality welding wire of various types, such as CO2, FCW, SAW and other copper coated wires."

Bill Baldwin -- Baldwin Anthony -- Analyst When we see the price of aluminum in relation the price of copper become more favorable for aluminum, does that show up in your demand for aluminum fairly quickly or not at all or over a period of time? Daniel Jones -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Well that's been debated over time. We prefer Encore Wire consistently and will continually prefer to ship and sell copper. That's just the way it is. The aluminum piece of that that you're referring to is a substitution depending on the relationship between the cost of each. Normally if aluminum is more expensive so is copper and vice versa. When copper gets to a certain dollar amount, there's no question that in the conversation the substitution question comes up. There are other costs involved with that most of the time. It's not a new scenario, but it doesn't necessarily increase the demand for aluminum beyond what the increase in the demand of copper would be. But it does enter into the conversation in the quote stage pretty early on when copper gets really expensive about what would it take to substitute aluminum for this piece of copper. And so in that, it's definitely in the conversation.

"Specifications for particular types of winding wires - Part 84: Polyesterimide enamelled round copper wire, class 200"

A survey by the Shanghai Metals Market of 20 major Chinese electric wire and cable producers, with total capacity of 978,000t/y, showed that the average operating rate fell to 76.59% in December, down 2.8 percentage points from November. The survey cited the falling temperatures in Northern China as dampening the demand for electrical wire for use in new infrastructure. The survey also reported that raw materials inventories at Chinese electrical wire producers had increased by 4.24 percentage points from November to 25.12% of production, stating that the fall in copper prices in December had tempted producers to increase stocks.

A recent survey by the Shanghai Metals Market of 21 major Chinese electrical wire and cable producers, with a total capacity of 990,000t/y, showed that operating rates in January decreased to 69.73%, down 6.86 percentage points from December. The survey cited a lull in major contracts for power cables prior to Chinese New Year as the reason for sluggish demand. However, stabilisation in the demand for enamelled wire was noted in January, whilst demand for electrical wire was estimated to have picked up. The SMM survey revealed that producer's inventories of raw materials had picked up prior to the Chinese New Year Holiday, with producer's raw materials holdings as a percentage of production up 9.46 percentage points since December, to 34.58%. The survey suggested easier cash flows and expectations of future copper price rises were reasons for the increase.

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The Japanese Electric Wire & Cable Maker's Association has announced that electric wire shipments in fiscal 2011 increased by 0.3% in total from the previous year to 685,020 tons. The year-on-year increase in shipment levels for a second consecutive year was despite the impact of the earthquake. Although those for electricity and electric machinery fell below the previous year's level, those for construction/building and automobiles recovered to increase the total figures and those for communication increased by 6.1% year-on-year to 15,728 tons. The figures for electric wire shipments for electricity declined by 13.2% year-on-year to 61,247 tons and fell significantly below the previous year's figures as electric power companies decreased capital investments in the aftermath of the earthquake. On a monthly basis, they also declined in almost all months.

Furukawa Electric announced on 8th May that it has developed a new type of aluminium alloy wire harness that is strong enough to be used in car doors, engine compartments and other locations traditionally reserved for copper wiring harness. The newly announced product features are expected to enter commercial production in 2014.

With the ongoing volatility of copper pricing creating a major concern for the telecommunications industry as telecoms operators traditionally use copper ground wire for network grounding and bonding, CommScope Inc. has developed a copper-alternative grounding wire designed to deter copper theft and lower maintenance costs for telecoms and data applications.

Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. said that it had recently started mass production of aluminium wire harnesses, which it promised can reduce weight by 40-50% from traditional copper harnesses aiding weight reduction in automobiles. It will supply wire rods from a factory in Indonesia to manufacture and assemble the electric wires in a subsidiary in Vietnam and it will manufacture harnesses used in the door section. The news follows Furukawa's early December announcement of an agreement to acquire the automotive connector business of Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd. Furukawa said that it expected the acquisition to aid the development of new aluminium wire harness technologies and high voltage cables for electric and hybrid vehicles.

Encore Wire Corporation, a leading copper cable-maker for the building sector, has submitted plans to build a 202,000-square-foot facility in McKinney, TX to house aluminium wire production lines. The plans include the employment of 100 staff and the value of the project, which is reported to be $25M. Of Encore Wire's total cable production, it is estimated that 5% of sales revenue are from cable containing aluminium conductor.

"An illuminating technology analysis from Ashish Sharma at Cablinginstall.com's sister site Utility Products investigates the pros and cons of wired vs. wireless technologies for communications networks in utility markets."

"The aluminum building wire products grew to 9.4% of net sales in the quarter, driven by a unit sales increase of 11.8% in the first quarter of 2015 versus the first quarter of 2014. "

"Global automotive wiring harness sales were expected to increase to 41 billion $ in 2014. However this is not a true reflection of the industry: The two largest Japanese manufacturers account for 50% of the market, and with the Japanese Yen devaluating, the market experienced a significant decline when measured in US dollars. Also, due to the decline in copper prices and several lawsuits for."