Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. has decided to discontinue the manufacture and supply of PCOCC (including wire drawing and part of rolled products) for application in the conductors of acoustic instruments.
Background
Although many customers have adopted the product as a conductor of acoustic instruments, it has been difficult to maintain the business, with the anural sales volume declining because of the weak domestic market in recent years. Without the prospect of market growth, Furukawa Electric has decided to discontinue the manufacture and supply.
We take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the support you have shown this product.
Schedule
Termination of order acceptance: The end of March 2013
Termination of manufacture: The end of August 2013
Termination of supply: The end of December 2013
(note) Should the volume of orders exceed the supply capability, orders will be addressed through individual consultation.
(note 1) PCOCC stands for the Pure Cupper Ohno Continuous Casting Process, which refers to pure copper wires characterized by unidirectional solidification.
Furukawa Electric Co Ltd specializes in manufacturing and marketing electric, electronic and telecommunication equipment. Net sales break down by family of products and services as follows:
- electronic equipment (54.1%): automotive components, batteries, fiber-optic amplifiers, etc.;
- telecommunication infrastructures products (28.6%): fiber-optic cables, connectors, couplers, optical transmitters and receivers, routers, etc.;
- electric equipment (14.2%): electric power suppliers, vital lead, electric cables, etc.;
- other (3.2%): primarily real estate services.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (52.6%), China (9.5%), Asia (21.5%) and other (16.4).
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