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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Market Definition

INTRODUCTION

MARKET SECTORS

USES OF CABLING AND WIRING

MARKET TRENDS

Table 1: Public Supply of UK Electricity Generation by All Generating Companies (terawatt hours), 1990-1995

Table 2: Electricity Generation by Industrial Groups (gigawatt hours), 1990-1995

Table 3: Electricity Consumption by Main Sector (terawatt hours), 1990-1994

Table 4: Number of Connected Customers in the UK, 1994/1995

Table 5: Growth in Gross Domestic Product and Construction Output at 1990 Prices, 1990-1995

Table 6: Housing Starts and Completions (000), 1991-1995

Figure 1: UK Cable Performance (number of homes), January 1990-1995

Table 7: UK Cable TV Performance, January 1990-1995

Market Size

THE APPARENT UK MARKET

UK MANUFACTURERS' SALES BY SECTOR

Table 8: Estimated Apparent UK Market for Cables and Wires (£m), 1990-1995

Figure 2: UK Manufacturers' Sales, Exports and Imports of Cables and Wires (£m), 1990-1995

Table 9: Breakdown of UK Manufacturers' Sales of Cables and Wires by Type (£m), 1990-1995

Figure 3: Breakdown of UK Manufacturers' Sales of Cables and Wires by Type (£m), 1990-1995

Industry Background

CONCENTRATION

EMPLOYMENT

DISTRIBUTORS

TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

Table 10: Number of Enterprises in Electrical and Electronic Engineering by Size of Turnover, 1994

Table 11: Numbers Employed in Electrical and Electronic Engineering by Size of Unit, 1994

Competitor Analysis

MAJOR CABLE AND WIRE COMPANIES

BREAKDOWN OF MANUFACTURERS BY SECTOR

ADVERTISING

Table 12: Leading Manufacturing and Distribution Companies in Electrical Cables and Wires by Turnover (£m), 1993/1995

Table 13: Breakdown of Members of the British Cable Makers Confederation by Product Areas, 1995

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

Buying Behaviour

POWER GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND CIVIL ENGINEERING

OIL, GAS, PETROCHEMICAL, CHEMICAL AND HEAVY ENGINEERING COMPLEXES

TRANSPORT

MINING AND QUARRYING

Outside Suppliers to the Industry

RAW MATERIAL SUPPLIERS

MANUFACTURERS

METAL TRADERS

DISTRIBUTORS

Current Issues

POWER STATION EMISSIONS

PRIVATE VERSUS PUBLIC GENERATION

ELECTRICITY GENERATED FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES

TRANSMISSION LOSSES

Forecasts

INTRODUCTION

THE APPARENT UK MARKET

BREAKDOWN OF THE APPARENT UK MARKET BY SECTOR

Table 14: Growth of Cable Telephony (million lines), 1995-2000

Table 15: Apparent UK Market for Cables and Wires at 1995 Prices (£m), 1996-2000

Table 16: Breakdown of the Apparent UK Market by Cable Type (£m and percent), 1995 and 2000

Figure 4: Breakdown of the Apparent UK Market by Cable Type ( percent), 1995 and 2000

Company Profiles

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITIONS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Sources

ASSOCIATIONS

PERIODICALS

DIRECTORIES

GENERAL SOURCES

HBI UK INFORMATION SOURCES

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

OTHER SOURCES

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Cables and wires provide the interconnections between the sources of electrical power, telecommunications networks and all types of equipment that are used by industrial, commercial and domestic customers by service industries such as medical and educational establishments and by the military authorities.

The core businesses, as defined by standard industrial classification (SIC) code 3410 and the British Cable Makers Confederation (BCMC), basically include: energy cables for the transmission of electrical energy at low, medium and high voltages; telecommunications cables of metallic or optical fibre construction; data cables for transmitting large volumes of data utilised by commercial organisations and institutions; control cables for operating a wide range of light to heavy equipment; and winding wires for all types of electric motors and light to heavy transformers.

The UK market size for these core products was estimated by Key Note at £1.07bn in 1995 and this is forecast to grow to £1.29bn by the end of the decade, giving a total increase of around 20 percent over this period in real terms, i.e. at 1995 prices. The market for energy cables is currently estimated to account for approximately 55 percent of total domestic demand, telecommunications cable for 22 percent, data and control cables for 17 percent and winding wire 6 percent.

By the year 2000, the UK market for energy cables will have declined significantly, both by value and market share, whereas the market for telecommunications, data and control cables will expand continuously throughout the period. Consequently, there will be an even greater dependence on overseas markets for the manufacturers of the higher-value energy cables. Their markets for low-technology and low-value cables in the UK will be increasingly supplied by imports.

Growth of exports to mature and developing markets is of fundamental importance for all categories of cable and wire, because the potential for growth in the UK is limited by the comprehensiveness of the existing networks and relatively low growth prospects for the UK economy for the next few years. Much of the new investment will be to reinforce the infrastructure and for improving safety and security in the reliability of the networks.

Text © 1996 Key Note

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