Dow Electrical and Telecommunications is raising the price of all grades of plastics used for telecommunications cable.
Kevin Ressler of TE Connectivity is chairman of the board; executives from Anixter, CommScope, Berk-Tek and Daikin America also are on executive committee.
New online catalogs allow users to print all or some pages, save portions of pages, and share with others.
Expected to come online in October 2012, the expansion will boost the Decatur, AL plant's output of FEP by more than 50 percent.
Charges are in responses to Anixter's suit alleging false advertising, unfair competition, breach of contract and deceptive trade practices.
Distributor recalled all the manufacturer's product and now seeks more than $1 million in damages.
Projected growth in non-residential construction coupled with Japanese-disaster-caused supply shortfalls will result in plenum-cable scarcity, the distributor says.
The manufacturer and distributor joins the industry association after a surge in revenue and staff growth.
Bloomberg quotes Chilean president saying even if China's economy slows, we're still in for $4+/pound pricing.
Even so, UTP will continue to dominate the copper-cable market for the next five years.
