Wire and Cable Report Ed 6 2024

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Tonnage of production and consumption
• Consumption of metallic wire and cable
• Materials cost
• Regional market shares
• End users and trade
• Manufacturers
• Land-based cable
• Subsea cable
• Interconnections and offshore wind power
• Oil & gas exploration and production
• Superconductors

2. ENERGY AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLES, ENERGY CONDUCTORS AND MECHNICAL ROPE

• Cables and conductor definitions

3. GLOBAL PRODUCTION AND DEMAND OF WIRE AND CABLE

• The cost of materials and sales value
• Insulated energy cable, bare conductors, and all other cables, 2020-2028
• Production, imports, exports and consumption

4. CONSUMPTION OF WIRE AND CABLE BY END USE

5. THE EUROPEAN WIRE AND CABLE MARKET

• The power sector in Europe
• The expansion of renewable generating capacity in Europe
• Industrial consumption of cables in Europe

• Austria
  • Cable manufacturers
• Belgium
  • Cable manufacturers
• Denmark
  • Cable manufacturers
• Finland
  • Cable manufacturers
• France
  • End users
  • Power sector
  • Telecoms sector
  • Building wire
  • Auto sector
  • Cable manufacturers
• Germany
  • The German manufacturing industry
  • End users
  • Power sector
  • Telecoms sector
  • Building wire
  • Auto sector
  • Cable manufacturers
• Greece
  • Cable manufacturers
• Ireland
  • Cable manufacturers
• Italy
  • End users
  • Power sector
  • Telecoms sector
  • Building wire
  • Auto sector
  • Cable manufacturers
• Netherlands
  • Cable manufacturers
• Norway
  • Cable manufacturers
• Poland
  • Cable manufacturers
• Spain
  • End users
  • Power sector
  • Telecoms sector
  • Building wire
  • Auto sector
  • Cable manufacturers
• Sweden
  • Cable manufacturers
• Turkey
  • Cable manufacturers
• United Kingdom
  • End users
  • Power sector
  • Telecoms sector
  • Building wire
  • Auto sector
  • Cable manufacturers
• Wire and cable manufacturers in South Eastern Europe
  • BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
  • BULGARIA
  • CROATIA
  • MACEDONIA
  • ROMANIA
  • SERBIA
  • SLOVENIA

6. THE NORTH AMERICAN WIRE AND CABLE MARKET

• United States
  • The industrial sector
  • Electricity transmission and distribution
  • Automobile and motor vehicle market
  • Construction market
  • Cable manufacturers
• Canada
  • Cable manufacturers

7. THE SOUTH AMERICAN WIRE AND CABLE MARKET

• Argentina
  • Cable manufacturers
• Brazil
  • Cable manufacturers
• Chile
• Columbia
  • Cable manufacturers

8. THE CENTRAL AMERICAN WIRE AND CABLE MARKET

• Mexico
  • Cable manufacturers

9. THE MIDDLE EASTERN WIRE AND CABLE MARKET

• Cable manufacturers
• Saudi Arabia
  • Cable Manufacturers
• Iran
  • Cable manufacturers
• United Arab Emirates
  • Cable manufacturers

10. THE NORTH AFRICAN WIRE AND CABLE MARKET

• Egypt
  • Cable Manufacturers

11. THE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN WIRE AND CABLE MARKET

• Cable manufacturers

12. THE CHINESE WIRE AND CABLE MARKET

• The Chinese wire and cable market by product group
• Power cable
• Industrial market for wire and cable
• Building wire
• Auto wire and cable and harnesses
• Magnet wire and LV energy wire
• Cable Manufacturers
• Japanese wire and cable companies operating in China
  • The two-tier market in China
  • Counterfeits and imitations

13. THE ASIA PACIFIC (EXC CHINA) WIRE AND CABLE MARKET

• India
  • End users
  • Power cable
  • Telecom sector
  • Automotive sector
  • Building wire
  • Cable Manufacturers
  • The leaders in the market
  • Informal sector
  • Counterfeit cables
• Indonesia
  • End users
  • Indonesia is a fast-growing economy, expected to become the 4th largest in the world by 2050
  • Power sector
  • Telecoms sector
• Building sector
• Auto sector
  • Cable Manufacturers
• Korea
  • End users
  • Power sector
  • Telecoms
  • Building wire
  • Auto sector
  • Cable Manufacturers
• Japan
  • End users
  • Power sector
  • Telecoms sector
  • Building wire
  • Auto sector
  • Japanese wire and cable manufacturing industry
• Malaysia
  • Cable Manufacturers
• Taiwan
  • Cable Manufacturers
• Thailand
  • Cable Manufacturers
• Vietnam
  • Cable Manufacturers

14. THE CIS WIRE AND CABLE MARKET

• Cable Manufacturers
• Russia
  • Cable Manufacturers
  • Russian wire and cable manufacturers

15. GLOBAL WIRE AND CABLE PRODUCTION, IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND CONSUMPTION

16. CONSUMPTION OF WIRE AND CABLE BY COUNTRY

17. COPPER AND ALUMINIUM SUPPLY AND DEMAND

• Supply and demand of aluminium
• Supply and demand of copper
• Prices of copper and aluminium

18. THE APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES OF METALLIC WIRE AND CABLE

• Power conductors and cable
• OHL Bare conductors
• Insulated cable
• Underground land-based cable (UGC)
• Subsea or submarine cables
• Telecoms cable
• Industrial wire and cable
• Winding or magnet wire
• Automotive cable
• Low Voltage cable

19. ENERGY AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLE MANUFACTURERS

20. PROFILES OF WIRE AND CABLE MANUFACTURERS

• Europe
• Prysmian
• General Cable (Prysmian)
• Nexans
• Nexans Amercable
• NKT High Voltage Cables
• Cablel-R Hellenic Cables
• JDR
• TF Kable
• Leoni
• Companies serving the HV market in Europe
• Asian companies operating in the European market
• United States
• Southwire
• Parker Scanrope
• Belden Inc
• Japanese manufacturers
• Sumitomo Electric
• Fujikura
• Furakawa
• Hitachi
• J-Power Systems (JPS)
• J-Power Systems Saudi Co, (JPS Saudi),
• Yazaki
• Korea
• LS Cables
• Taihan Electric Wire Co Ltd
• Iljin Cable
• India
• Finolex J-Power Systems Private Ltd (FJPS)
• Birla Cable Ltd
• Polycab
• Sterlite
• Chinese manufacturers
• Zhongtian Technology [ZTT]
• Ningbao Orient Cable
• TBEA Co., Ltd
• Far East Cable Co Ltd
• Wanda Group Holdings Co., Ltd,
• Baosheng High Voltage Cable Co. Ltd., BHVC
• Jiangsu Shangshang Cable Group
• Production capacity and utilisation for insulated cable
• China
• India
• Subsea cable manufacturers

21. LAND BASED UNDERGROUND CABLE

• Drivers for underground cables
• High costs
• Impact of urbanisation
• Insulated land cable in the industrial sector

22. SUBSEA ENERGY CABLES

• Interconnections and offshore wind power
• Oil & gas exploration and production
• Subsea interconnections between land areas
• Offshore wind power
• Offshore wind power market

KEY COUNTRY MARKETS FOR OFFSHORE WIND

• UK offshore wind power
• China offshore wind power
• German offshore wind power
• Netherlands offshore wind power
• Denmark offshore wind power
• Belgium offshore wind power
• Indian offshore wind power
• United States offshore wind power
• The North Sea Grid - HVDC Hubs- Grid Connection Systems
• Floating wind farms
• Offshore oil and gas, power from shore cables
• Traditional power supply for offshore oil and gas platforms
• Norwegian initiative in power supply for oil and gas platforms
• Oil and gas offshore market
• Topside cables
• Subsea communications cable networks

23. INDUSTRIAL CABLE MARKETS

• Transport - cable, wires and wiring harnesses
• Aircraft
• Shipping
• Automobiles
• Mining
• Construction
• Manufacturing and process industry

24. ELECTRIFIED RAILWAYS

• History and development
• Power delivery
• Electrified railway lengths by country
• Traction systems
• The scale of the challenge for rail transport

25. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, SUPERCONDUCTORS

• What is a superconductor?
• Critical Temperature
• HTS vs LTS
• Conditions required for a material to exhibit superconducting behaviour
• Current state of development of the SC market
• The discovery of superconductivity - Technical development
• Advantages of superconductor cable
• Higher current-carrying capacity
• Low impedance
• Rights-of-way
• Very low Electro Magnetic Field (EMF)
• Lower life-costs for the system
• Challenges to be overcome
• High initial cost
• Cryogenic Refrigeration System (CRS)
• Splicing of the HTS cable
• Promoters
• Future market for HTS superconductors in utilities

26. METAL THEFT

27. CABLE PROPERTIES

• Tensile strength
• Flexibility or flex ratio
• Conductivity
• Weight
• Cost

METHODOLOGY

• Definitions of conductor and cable
• Derivation of product definitions
• Report definitions
• Sizing the markets
• Forecasting demand
• Tonnage - annual volume by country
• Forecasting demand in value
• Materials - copper, aluminium, steel
• The cable market forecast model

Figures

• Figure 1: Categories of energy and communications cable, energy conductor and mechanical rope
• Figure 2: Global production of wire and cable in tonnage and demand in M$, 2000-2028
• Figure 3: Cable consumption in $ value and production in tons, compared with the copper and aluminium prices, 2000-2028
• Figure 4: The split in consumption between insulated energy cable, bare conductors, telecoms cable and industrial cable, $ million, 2000-2028
• Figure 5: Wire and cable consumption by region, $ million, 2000-2028
• Figure 6: Wire and cable production, imports, exports and consumption, $ billion, 2022
• Figure 7: Cable and conductor end-use applications, 2023
• Figure 8: Global consumption of wire and cable by product type/end use, $ billion, 2023-2028
• Figure 9: Comparison of country shares in Europe, 2020 & 2023
• Figure 10: Growth of central and distributed, in Europe, GW, 2000-2030
• Figure 11: The United States market historically, $ million, 2000-2028
• Figure 12: Annual revenue in the United States for automobiles and light duty motor vehicles, 2012-2024
• Figure 13: Construction expenditure in the United States, 1993-2024
• Figure 14: US wire and cable companies market shares, 2023
• Figure 15: Chinese consumption of wire and cable, $ billion, 2000-2028
• Figure 16: Major international trade flows of refined copper
• Figure 17: Copper and aluminium price trends, 1960 to 2028
• Figure 18: Tonnage and $ value of consumption of copper and aluminium cable and conductors, 2020-2028
• Figure 19: Cost of manufacture of cable
• Figure 20: An ACSR cable and its application
• Figure 21: The top cable manufacturers by share (52% of global production), 2023
• Figure 22: Chinese centrally planned balancing procedure for electricity
• Figure 23: Percentage of underground cable by region, 2024
• Figure 24: Percentage of underground cable in the Middle East, 2024
• Figure 25: Percentage of underground cable in Europe, 2024
• Figure 26: Percentage of underground cable in Asia Pacific, 2024
• Figure 27: Market shares of different offshore segments
• Figure 28: Value chain of subsea interconnections
• Figure 29: Cable system of a wind farm
• Figure 30: Belgium's first zone for offshore wind power
• Figure 31: Overhead line for rail traction
• Figure 32: The differences in behaviour between LTS and HTS materials

Tables

• Table 1: Types and end users of wire, cable and rope
• Table 2: Wire and cable production, imports, exports and consumption, by region, $ billion, 2022
• Table 3: Global consumption of wire and cable by product type/end use, $ billion, 2023-2008
• Table 4: European production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 5: European production, imports, exports and consumption shares of the wire and cable market, 2022
• Table 6: European consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022-2028
• Table 7: European consumption of wire and cable by country, tonnage, 2022-2028
• Table 8: European consumption of wire and cable by type, $ billion, 2023-2028
• Table 9: European consumption of wire and cable by type, tonnage, 2023-2028
• Table 10: Austrian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 11: Austrian consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 12: Belgian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable country, $ million, 2022
• Table 13: Belgium consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 14: Danish production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 15: Danish consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 16: Finnish production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 17: Finnish consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 18: French production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 19: French consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Cable 20: Leading French wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 21: German production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 22: German consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 23: Leading German wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 24: Greek production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 25: Greek consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 26: Irish production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 27: Irish consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 28: Italian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 29: Italian consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 30: Leading Italian wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 31: Dutch production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 32: Dutch consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 33: Norwegian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 34: Norwegian consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 35: Polish production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 36: Polish consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 37: Leading Polish wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 38: Spanish production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 39: Spanish consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 40: Leading Spanish wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 41: Swedish production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 42: Swedish consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 43: Leading Swedish wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 44: Turkish production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable country, $ million, 2022
• Table 45: Turkish consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 46: Leading Turkish wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 47: British production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 48: British consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 49: Leading UK cable manufacturers
• Table 50: North American production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 51: North American consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 52: US production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 53: US consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 54: Canadian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ million, 2022
• Table 55: Canadian consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 56: Leading Canadian wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 57: production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 58: South American consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 59: Argentinian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 60: Argentinian consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 61: Leading Argentinian wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 62: Brazilian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 63: Brazilian consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 64: Leading Brazilian wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 65: Chilian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 66: Chilian consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 67: Columbian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 68: Columbian consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 69: Leading Columbian wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 70: production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 71: Central American consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 72: Mexican production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 73: Mexican consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 74: Leading Mexican wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 75: Middle Eastern production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 76: Middle Eastern consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 77: Saudi Arabian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 78: Saudi Arabian consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 79: Leading Saudi Arabian wire and cable companies
• Table 80: Iranian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 81: Iranian consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 82: Leading Iranian wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 83: UAE production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 84: UAE consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 85: Leading UAE wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 86: North African production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 87: North African consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 88: Egyptian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 89: Egyptian consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 90: Sub-Saharan African production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 91: Sub-Saharan African consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 92: Chinese production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 93: Chinese consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 94: Leading Chinese wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 95: Asia Pacific production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 96: Asia Pacific consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 97: Indian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 98: Indian consumption of wire and cable, $ billion, 2000-2028
• Table 99: Indian consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 100: Leading Indian wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 101: Indonesian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 102: Indonesian consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 103: Leading Indonesian wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 104: Korean production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 105: Korean consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 106: Leading Korean wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 107: Japanese production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 108: Japanese consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 109: Japanese wire and cable companies
• Table 110: Malaysian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 111: Malaysian consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 112: Leading Malaysian wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 113: Taiwanese production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 114: Taiwanese consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 115: Thai production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 116: Thai consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 117: Leading Thai wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 118: Vietnamese production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 119: Vietnamese consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 120: Leading Vietnamese wire and cable manufacturers
• Table 121: CIS production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 122: CIS consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 123: Russian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 124: Russian consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028
• Table 125: Summary of insulated wire and cable production, imports, exports and consumption by region and country, $ billion, 2022
• Table 126: Consumption of wire and cable by region by country, in $ value, 2023-2028
• Table 127: The top cable manufacturers by share of global production, 2023
• Table 128: Average global cable production utilisation rates by voltage, 2000-2024
• Table 129: Companies producing subsea cable
• Table 130: List of countries by cumulative installed offshore wind power capacity (MW), 2016-2023
• Table 131: Electrified railways throughout the world, 2023
• Table 132: Installed superconductors
• Table 133: Superconductor manufacturers
• Table 134: Tensile strength of selected materials
• Table 135: Average conductivity of metals
• Table 136: Report production definitions
• Table 137: Countries and regions defined for tonnage in base year
• Table 138: Forecast model for each country and region