Price Increase Alert – General and Belden Cable

General and Belden have both announced price increases for March and April. General’s 4-6% increase on cordage products goes into effect today. Belden will apply a 2-5% increase to select electronic and industrial wire and cable products starting April 16^th. This price adjustment is a result of the rising cost of polyolefin materials, including PVC, polyethylene, and polypropylene. The Belden increase will not affect its copper data cable, broadcast cable, or commercial audio/visual cable.

General Cable (effective 3/19/12) – 4-6% Increase on Portable Cord, Industrial Cord, and Cord Set Products

Belden Cable (effective 4/16/12) – 2-5% Price Increase on Select Electronic and Industrial Cable Products

Price Increases to Take Effect in Coming Months

Panduit, 3M, and HellermannTyton have announced price increases to take effect during the next few months.

Panduit will apply a 4-8% price increase to several of its product lines, including its wiring accessories: cable ties, terminals, wiring ducts, and abrasion protection. The increase is effective March 13, 2012.

Although HellermannTyton has not had an overall price increase for almost two years, most of its products will be subject to a 6% increase as of April 16, 2012. Although prices must go up due to raw material and production costs, HellermannTyton is proud to manufacture all of its parts in the USA.

As of February 6, 2012, many 3M parts also experienced price increases.

• 3M – increases effective 2/6/12
• Panduit – increases effective 3/13/12
• HellermannTyton – increases effective 4/16/12

Price Increase Alert – Alpha Wire, Effective September 5th

Alpha Wire has announced a price increase scheduled for September 5th on various product groups.  Stemming from the recent rises in the price of oil, natural gas, and fluoropolymers, Alpha can no longer absorb the increase in cost.

As a result, they will increase the following product groups by an average of 3%:

• Xtra-Guard® Performance Cable
• Manhattan™ Electrical Cable
• FIT® Accessories
• Communication, Control, & Industrial Cable
• PTFE Hook-Up Wire

If you have any questions regarding this increase, please contact your Allied Sales Rep, or send us an Alpha Wire RFQ.

Price Increase Alert from RSCC

RSCC Aerospace & Defense announced a 1-3% price increase that will be effective on August 8th.  RSCC has been hit by the same increases in raw materials as the rest of the industry.  However, due to their position in the Aerospace Industry, RSCC has been especially hit by the increases in Kynar materials.

We received a letter from RSCC detailing the specifics of the increase, along with the causes.  Among the causes are increases in certain specific materials that have occurred so far this year, which include:

• Kynar jacket material – 14.5%,
• Kynar Wire Wrap insulation material – 15.6%
• Kynar insulation compound- 9.7%

The increase will impact M81044 wire and select M27500 cables that use M81044 inners especially, but will be spread across all Kynar products. For more information, please contact your Allied Sales Rep, or send us an e-mail.

Price Increases for July

After a short reprieve in copper prices, they have begun rising again in the past two months.  The costs of raw materials like FEP, PVC, Polyolefins and Thermosets still continue to rise at a steady rate. As a result, we are experiencing more price increases this month.  We have currently seen two price increases, from General Cable and Belden Cable.

• General Cable’s 4-6% increase was effective July 11th, on all their portable cord, cordsets and industrial flex cable products.
• Belden will increase select products 2-10% on August 1st.

Remember to check our Price Increase Survival Guide whenever you need tips on weathering these increases, and check our Bargain Bin often for deals on odd lengths.

General Cable Price Increase Announcement

General Cable has announced another price increase, in response to the continued increases in the costs of various commodities and raw materials.  In addition to the cost of metals like copper, silver and nickel, the costs of freight due to gas prices and insulation materials like PVC, FEP and CPE continue to rise.

General will be increasing the prices on the following products, effective May 23rd:

• Carol® Brand Portable Cord, Industrial Flex, Electronics, and Cordsets: 5-7%
• Carol/Helix Datacom : 5-7%
• General Cable Industrial Products: 2-5%

New Price Increases for May

UPDATE May 3rd – Thermax announced a new price increase on Monday, effective May 9th.  There will be a 7% increase on all their coaxial cable,  shielded/jacketed cables and ETFE  based products.

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There are several price increases coming this month already.  Alpha just released the details of their next increase, while TE Connectivity’s and Belden’s are going into effect now.

• Listing the ongoing raw material cost increases as a cause, Alpha will be increasing the prices on various PTFE and FEP hook-up wire, cable and accessories.  The increase is effective May 21, 2011.
• TE Connectivity’s increase went into effect on Sunday, May 1st, with increases on Communications and Industrial Solutions, Global Application Tooling, Enterprise Networks and Automotive products.
• Belden increased their plenum products 2-6% today, May 2nd.

As always, with any questions regarding these increases, please contact your Allied Sales Rep, or you can e-mail us at info@awcwire.com.  Visit our Price Increase Survival Guide for tips to lessen the impact of these increases on your bottom line.

UPDATED: Price Increases for Panduit and Alpha Wire

UPDATE 2/15/2011: Belden and General Cable have issued new price increases for the coming weeks as well.

• Belden, Effective February 21 – 5-10% increase on various products.
• General Cable, Effective March 7 – 6-8% increase on Carol Brand Portable Cord, Cordsets, Industrial Flex, Electronics, and Carol/Helix datacom products.

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The new year has just begun and we already have two more price increases.  Stemming from the continued rise in raw material costs, both Panduit and Alpha Wire have announced price increases for the coming weeks.

• Alpha Wire – 3-5% increase on various product lines, effective February 7th
  • Not effected: Xtra-Guard Cable Products
• Panduit – 0-6% increase on various product lines, effective March 1st.