WCA January 2018

Industry news CommScope to acquire Cable Exchange COMMSCOPE has agreed to acquire Cable Exchange, a privately held quick-turn supplier of fibre optic and copper assemblies for data, voice and video communications. Cable Exchange, headquartered in Santa Ana, California, USA, manufactures a variety of fibre optic and copper cables, trunks and related products used in high-capacity data centres and other business enterprise applications. The company, founded in 1986, specialises in quick-turn delivery of its infrastructure products to customers from its two USA manufacturing centres located in Santa Ana, and Pineville, North Carolina. This highly complementary acquisition will deepen CommScope’s capabilities in supporting the growing market for high-capacity, multi-tenant data centres and hyperscale data centres operated by the world’s largest technology and retail companies. As more user-driven information and commerce flows through networks, operators are quickly deploying larger and more complex data centres to support growth in traffic and transactions. “We are pleased to further expand our capabilities in the data centre market with Cable Exchange, a trusted and respected provider of critical network infrastructure with strong customer relationships,” said CommScope president and chief executive officer Eddie Edwards. The leadership team and employees of Cable Exchange will join CommScope upon completion of the transaction. The acquisition is expected to be completed subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of regulatory approvals. CommScope intends to fund the acquisition with cash on hand. CommScope – USA Website : www.commscope.com

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Wire & Cable ASIA – January/February 2018