Wire and Cable Report Ed 6 2024

Wire and Cable Report Ed 6 2024

Demand for cables surges in 2021 and 2022

While global tonnage of cable and conductors has followed a roughly linear growth, the value of demand surged over 35% in 2021 and again in 2022 partly due to recovery from the Covid pandemic and because of a 50% rise in metals prices. The copper price stabilised and fell slightly in 2022. In 2023 demand of $254 billion resumed a growth with cagr of 6.4% and is predicted to reach $346 billion by 2028.

China is the largest market worth $61 billion in 2023, followed by the United States with $34 billion and India with $20 billion. Their combined value will increase from $115 billion in 2023 to $134 billion in 2028.

Land-based underground cable was the largest category, worth $62 billion in 2023. Insulated subsea cable is in fourth place with $22 billion but has the highest growth of any cable with a cagr of 15.7%.

Cable and conductor product categories

This report surveys the metallic wire and cable market, sizing and forecasting demand for insulated power cable, bare power conductors, metallic communications cable and low voltage cable used in utility networks and industry, auto and OEM producers.

Comprehensive analysis - data analysed by twelve cable and conductor categories, classified by type, application and material - copper, aluminium and steel.

Market analysis - the markets in 37 countries and 7 regions are analysed by the twelve product groups from 2023 to 2028.

Production, imports, exports, consumption

Each country and region analysed by production imports, exports and demand.

Competitive landscape and share analysis

A comprehensive outline of the 34 leading cable companies, ranking of companies in each market, global market shares of top 50 companies.

New methodology

A new methodology has been developed for this market report, which is more rigorous and sensitive to individual categories of wire and cable. The markets for each of the twelve cable products measured in this report was sized and forecast individually in each country. Tonnage for every product was established in the base year, forecast on a trend analysis basis from industry reports and the value of demand based on forecasts of materials cost in each year.

Product analysis

The market in each country is analysed by twelve cable & conductor product groups.

1. Power cable network LV, MV, HV - copper- underground
2. Power cable network LV, MV, HV - copper- subsea
3. Power cable network LV, MV, HV - aluminium - underground
4. Bare conductor - copper - LV - overhead
5. Bare conductor AAAC - aluminium - LV, MV - overhead
6. Bare ACSR - aluminium and steel - HV, MV - overhead
7. Telecom cable (external) - copper
8. Other comms cable - (internal) - copper
9. Building wire < 600 V - copper
10. Magnet wire - copper
11. Auto wire & cable - copper
12. Other LV energy – copper

Outline and analysis of subsea markets for cable

Outlines of the three subsea sectors; interconnectors, offshore wind and OGP (oil & gas production) and listing of subsea cale producers.

Land based underground cable

Country analysis of underground cable penetration and technical descriptions.

Applications and technology of cables and conductors

The different types of conductor and cable, applications, technology of insulation.

Superconductors

Outline of the superconductor industry and state of commercialisation.

Railway lines

National penetration of railway electrification, cable markets and technology.

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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
Cable manufacturers
Cable manufacturers
End users
Power sector
Telecoms sector
Building wire
Auto sector
Cable manufacturers
Cable manufacturers
Cable manufacturers
Cable manufacturers
Spain
End users
Power sector
Telecoms sector
Building wire
Auto sector
Cable manufacturers
Cable manufacturers
Cable manufacturers
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
The industrial sector
Electricity transmission and distribution
Automobile and motor vehicle market
Construction market
Cable manufacturers
Cable manufacturers
7. THE SOUTH AMERICAN WIRE AND CABLE MARKET
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
Saudi Arabia
Iran
United Arab Emirates
10. THE NORTH AFRICAN WIRE AND CABLE MARKET
Egypt
11. THE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN WIRE AND CABLE MARKET
12. THE CHINESE WIRE AND CABLE MARKET
The Chinese wire and cable market by product group
Power cable
Building wire
Auto wire and cable and harnesses
Magnet wire and LV energy wire
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
End users
Power cable
Telecom sector
Building wire
The leaders in the market
Informal sector
Counterfeit cables
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
Power sector
Telecoms
Building wire
Auto sector
Power sector
Telecoms sector
Building wire
Auto sector
Taiwan
14. THE CIS WIRE AND CABLE MARKET
Russian wire and cable manufacturers
15. GLOBAL WIRE AND CABLE PRODUCTION, IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND CONSUMPTION
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
Underground land-based cable (UGC)
Subsea or submarine cables
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® 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, 2020-2028
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 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 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 by 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 by country, $ million, 2022.
Table 45: Turkish consumption of wire and cable by type, $ million, 2023-2028.
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 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 80: Iranian production, imports, exports and consumption of wire and cable by 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 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. 109
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 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 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 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 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 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

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