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		<title>CCCA Commends UL&#8217;s Public Notice Disqualifying Non Compliant Cable</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C., August 2, 2010 - The Communications Cable and Connectivity Association, Inc. (CCCA) applauded action by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to stem the flow of non-compliant communications cable being imported into the North American market. (See UL Public Notice link.) UL has taken strong actions to maintain the integrity of its UL Mark and cable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCCA Board Elects Officers and Executive Committee</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, DC  &#8211; At its June, 2010 meeting, the Communications Cable and Connectivity Association (CCCA) Board of Directors elected officers and members of the Executive Committee for the next year.

Elected to continue as Chairman of the Board, was Kevin Ressler of Tyco Electronics. Tim Waldner of Superior Essex and Pete Lockhart of Anixter were elected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCCA Begins New Initiative to Evaluate Patch Cord Performance to Drive Better Quality Assurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, DC &#8211; CCCA announced a new initiative to sample and test copper and fiber patch cords from commercial distribution channels for compliance to fire safety and electrical performance standards. This program follows CCCA’s program which evaluated compliance of communications cables to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) fire safety requirements and Telecommunications Industries Association (TIA) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WJI Article: 1 year later, flow of sub-par cables to U.S. continues; UL reports measures to counter the problem</title>
		<link>http://www.cccassoc.org/blog/wji-article-1-year-later-flow-of-sub-par-cables-to-u-s-continues-ul-reports-measures-to-counter-the-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL, DECEMBER 2009
There was both good news and bad news to report regarding the flow of offshore-manufactured telecom cable to North America. The bad news is that the Communications Cable and Connectivity Association, Inc. (CCCA) reported at IWCS that, a year after its initial field-test report found that eight of nine randomly selected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCCA Chairman Award Presented to Kevin St. Cyr</title>
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		<comments>http://www.cccassoc.org/blog/ccca-chairman-award-presented-to-kevin-st-cyr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Communications Cable &#38; Connectivity Association (CCCA) Chairman Award Presented to Kevin St. Cyr, Berk-Tek, A Nexans Company
WASHINGTON, D.C. &#8211; At its recent board meeting, the CCCA Board of Directors recognized Kevin St. Cyr’s commitment and leadership as CCCA’s first Chairman.  Presenting the award was Kevin Ressler of Tyco Electronics, the current CCCA Chairman.  Mr. Ressler [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCCA issues summary to aid users and distributors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Serious Fire Safety Concerns with Many Communications Cables from Offshore Manufacturers &#8230; and What You Should Know.&#8221;
The incidence of offshore-manufactured communications cable products which fail to meet industry fire safety requirements continues to plague the Structured Cabling industry in the North American (NA) market.
 
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		<title>Co-Presentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Co-presentation by CCCA and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) at the International Wire and Cable Symposium (IWCS)
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		<title>Independent Testing Indicates that Fire Safety Risk Remains High with Many Communications Cables Produced Offshore</title>
		<link>http://www.cccassoc.org/blog/press-release/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cccassoc.org/blog/press-release/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Fire Safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C., November 2, 2009 &#8211; The Communications Cable and Connectivity Association, Inc. (CCCA) announced today that the prevalence of offshore-manufactured communications cable products which fail to meet industry fire safety requirements continues to plague the industry and marketplace. In July 2009, the CCCA commissioned an independent test laboratory to again analyze whether eight offshore-manufactured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wire Journal International article</title>
		<link>http://www.cccassoc.org/blog/wire-journal-international-article/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;CCCA: More Effort Needed to Stop Bad Cables&#8221;
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		<title>Independent Testing Uncovers Serious Fire Safety Concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.cccassoc.org/blog/full-press-release/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Full Press Release &#8211; Independent Testing Uncovers Serious Fire Safety Concerns&#8230; CCCA Proposes New Certification Program
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