News Releases

1/06/2015

Hitachi Cable America Inc., Presents a Category 6A Outdoor Cable

Manchester, New Hampshire, USA, January 6, 2015 - Hitachi Cable America Inc., (HCA), is pleased to present our new Category 6A outdoor cable. This robust Category 6A outdoor cable is both RoHS and REACH compliant. It can support 10-gigabit Ethernet up to 100 meters in a channel configuration and support other applications such as POE+ and HDBaseT. Suitable for direct burial, lashed aerial, duct and underground conduit, the Category 6A outdoor cable is ready for any wet environment challenge. The Category 6A outdoor cable’s main features include an inner core of four 23-guage pairs separated by an electrical-enhancing shaped filler and flooded with water-blocking gel. The design also includes a rugged black polyolefin jacket which is also UV resistant. With the addition of the foil shield, moisture absorbing SAP yarns, this cable is extremely capable. For more information on our Category 6A outdoor cable, please visit our website www.hca.hitachi-cable.com.

About Hitachi Cable America, Manchester Facility:

The Manchester facility belongs to the Performance Cable Systems & Materials Division of Hitachi Cable America Inc. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, the facility manufactures a complete line of high-performance copper and fiber optic cables for the communication industry. Over 4,000 different cable products are manufactured at this facility. Products include category copper communication cables, indoor, indoor/outdoor and outside plant fiber optic cables, industrial Ethernet cables, as well as round and flat electronic cables.

To learn more about Hitachi Cable America, Inc. and the Performance Cables Systems & Materials Division, please visit our website at www.hca.hitachi-cable.com. Hitachi Cable America, Inc. is a unit of Hitachi Metals, Ltd. which is held by Hitachi, Ltd., Japan.

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers innovations that answer society’s challenges with our talented team and proven experience in global markets. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal 2013 (ended March 31, 2014) totaled 9,616 billion yen ($93.4 billion). Hitachi is focusing more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes infrastructure systems, information & telecommunication systems, power systems, construction machinery, high functional material & components, automotive systems, health care and others.

For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company’s website at http://www.hitachi.com.