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Inside a Mexico Manufacturing Wire Harness Operation

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Mexico Manufacturing Tour Attracts Wire Harness Executives, Company Owners
What would draw several American executives and owners of wire harness-producing companies to take a full day out of running their business and venture down to a Mexico Manufacturing facility? Answer: An acute need for cost-competitive labor. This article takes an inside look at what these VIP visitors witnessed when they toured Entrada Group’s Mexico manufacturing campus.

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Innovative, High-Voltage Shielded Cable Designed for Electric Vehicles’ Architecture

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COFICAB, a worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing and sales of innovative wires and cables, presents e-COF POWER+. This innovative cable, a part of the e-COF brand, was specially designed to meet the international standards for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-In-Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs). The e-COF POWER+ incorporates the use of two different insulation materials, that ensure:

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Case Study: RFID Tracking Solution

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First Electronics had a challenge with visibility in its production line. Jobs were being tracked manually in the organization. And once a job went into the production line and through the 15 process areas, there was very little, to no visibility, in regards to its location and status. This was creating major problems for management and the customer support team.

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Turning Recycling into Circularity

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In the 1960s, with no environmental requirements, nor regulations, NKT A/S, located in Brøndby, Denmark, pioneered the first methods to recycle cable scrap. And for more than 50 years has developed best practice processes for cable scrap recycling. And the legacy of cable scrap recycling continues at NKT to this day, ensuring the re-use of materials along with the sustainable disposal of nonrecyclable cable components.
The need for recycling of production scrap from power cables has increased steadily over the years, reflecting our society’s increased focus on re-use of the resources

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Webinar Explores Wire Harness Assembly in Mexico

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Hourly direct labor rates can be as low as $2.30 per hour in Mexico, according to Entrada Group, which is co-hosting a webinar with Wire & Cable Technology International (WCTI) magazine on May 12, 2021. “This makes Mexico the most cost-competitive location in the Americas for wire harness assembly,” according to Entrada, which has more than two decades experience guiding wire harness-makers in setting up and running their own operation in Mexico

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