All Supply Chain Updates are authored by Kevin Reed OCTOBER 2022 MARKET WATCH Metals: Copper started September at $3.40 per pound, pretty much the same as it closed the month prior. There was a quick dip, once the Feds raised interest rates once more, but that proved to be short lived. CU has been […]
With strict new sanctions on Russia, some important facts that will affect our industry directly are outlined below. Combined, Russia and Ukraine lead the global production of metals such as nickel, copper, and iron. Neither country will be able to keep capacity if they are mired in war. With metals making up a large part […]
All Supply Chain Updates are authored by Kevin Reed JULY 2021 SUPPLY CHAIN UPDATE Copper has continued its rebound in cost. As of this writing, it is currently trading at nearly $4.40 once more. But, the price of actual finished copper building wire never waned much. The material that goes into the jacket of the […]
SAFETY ALERT!! From our friends @mulcrone&Assoc: Extremely cold weather is sweeping from the Rockies, into North Texas, and across towards the East coast, covering about 2/3 of the US. With the low temperatures, extra caution must be exercised with the handling of 600-volt building wire products (primarily THHN). Remember that wire that ships over the […]
Sometimes it’s good to be in the middle…in the case of data center locations, the midwest, and Chicagoland in particular, seems to be a sweet spot. For Cloud Services providers, Chicago’s suburbs offer the space and infrastructure to support colocation facilities for increasingly popular hybrid cloud strategies, as well as act as a latency-reducing bridge […]
Advances in lighting and power technology are allowing consumers to choose more energy efficient, intelligent solutions that use less energy to run and leverage built-in intelligence to reduce consumption of the ecosystem in which they reside. The timing of the appearance of these products is essential as Governments around the world have already begun enacting […]
