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FIBER OPTIC CABLE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
March 2009
Introduction
Fiber optic cable could conduct light effectively in a long distance that it is just suitable to serve as a communication medium.
There are two types of fiber optic cable loose tube and tight buffer. Loose tube is a fiber optic cable that has several tubes containing fiber optic normally 4, 6, or 12-around the core of fiber glass or metal that functions as toughening agent.
The room between the tube and the core is filled with fiber in the form of jelly. This structure is then wrapped with special thread, water resistant tape, aluminum tape, inner packaging from polyethylene, steel tape, and outer packaging from polyethylene.
Tight buffer is fiber optic cable made by encircling several pieces of fiber optic round the core and than it is covered with solid material such as polyaramid and then it is wrapped with plastic mainly PVC which is resistant to heat. Cable of this type generally is used in a close place or a room.
Development of fiber optic cable industry in Indonesia is not very encouraging despite the fast growth of its consuming industries like telecommunication industry. The reason is large imports of fiber optic cables as a consequence of the use of foreign network vendors , which often bound by contract with foreign producers of fiber optic cable as the suppliers.
Producers of fiber optic cable
Fiber optic cable industry in Indonesia grows to follow the expansion of telecommunications industry as cables are used for communications networks.
Indonesia's production capacity of fiber optic cables in 2008 was 27,580 tons per year .There are 8 producers including PT. Supreme Cable Manufacturing Corporation Tbk (Sucaco); PT. Sumi Indah Kabel Indonesia (Sumi Indah); PT. Kabel Metal Indonesia (KMI); PT. Jembo Cable Company Tbk (Jembo), PT. Prysmian Cables Indonesia (Prysmian), PT. BICC Berca Cables (Berca); PT. Communication Cable System Indonesia (CCSI); and PT. Voksel Electric Tbk (Voksel)
Table - 1
Indonesia's producers of fiber optic cables and capacity, 2008
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MONTHLY REPORT
INDONESIAN COMMERCIAL NEWSLETTER (ICN)
RELATED TOPICS
ICN - March 2009
INDUSTRY PROFILE :
- Introduction
- Types of cable
- Standardization of cable
- Cable producers and production capacity
- Cable producers operate at high capacity
- Profile of main players
- Cable exports up
- Imports
- Consumption growing
- Cable prices down 5%
- Prospect of Cable industry
- Conclusion
- Introduction
- Producers of fiber optic cable
- Profile of main producers of fiber optic
- Production still low
- Exports and Imports
- Conclusion
