The International Cablemakers Federation (ICF) was founded in 1990 with a permanent Secretariat in Vienna, Austria. Today ICF has more than 100 members from more than 30 countries of all regions in the world. The membership represents approx. 70% of the global manufacturing capacity of the Wire & Cable Industry.
Objectives The objectives defined by the constitution include, amongst others:
the promotion of the use of cables the promotion of energy saving and increased safety the improvement of the recovery and re-use of cable materials the analysis and collation of statistical data of interest to the industry the maintenance of worldwide relationships within the Wire & Cable Industry whilst complying with all antitrust and cartel prohibition legislation, applicable to any of the members.
ICF publishes a quarterly Newsletter covering selected topics and industry statistics.
See also Official Website: www.icf.at Integer Research Europacable The Wire Association International (WAI) Stewart Hay - Very useful links worldwide