Category: Business Newsletter

To our valued business partners,

With the backing of our new parent company Mikrolink (www.mikrolink.co.uk) Shaxon is entering a new phase of growth and expansion.

As part of our expansion phase we will be increasing our value to our customer base by investing in the most aggressive off-the-shelf product stocking in our history, with multiple containers of stock copper and fiber product heading to both the West Coast and our logistical hub near Jacksonville Florida. We will also add additional logistically critical warehousing locations in the USA over the next year.

Customers have traditionally turned to us for our product knowledge, competent sales staff and quick-turn manufacturing abilities, we are proud to continue this tradition with no interruption. The Shaxon you know and rely on remains the same post-transition with the only notable change being the capital investment and support from Mikrolink to improve our stock levels, time to market and new product development.

The synergies of the companies in the Mikrolink group will give our customers access to an even more diversified product line, including expansion into data center markets on a whole new scale.

We look forward to working with our existing customer base and new customers as we kick off a new and improved Shaxon industries.

As always, thank you for the opportunity.

Jim Thompson

General Manager

Plenum-rated cable meets a higher safety standard than both CM and riser-rated cable (CMR). It is fire-resistant and produces less smoke than other cable jackets. Plenum cable (CMP) is typically used within buildings’ plenum spaces, which often provide HVAC services. In the past, solid 23AWG cables were utilized in these spaces because they were inexpensive and carry signals over long distances. These solid cables are not flexible and can fracture under constraint as well as compromise connections when bent, causing plugs to pull out of jacks.

Shaxon stranded plenum patch cable meets the loss-prevention requirements of insurance companies, as well as the demands of Power over Ethernet (PoE) connections short-space cables, where inflexible solutions do not work. With insurance rates on the rise, building owners are increasingly choosing plenum-rated cable as the best long-term decision.

Given their smaller and flexible design, cable density is improved and increased air flow for rack ventilation is maximized. Applications include plenum spaces, top-of-rack, patching solutions, high-density installations, temperature-sensitive spaces, secure networks and PoE. Ratings include NEC (ETL)-type CMP and CEC C(ETL)-type CMP.

Approved by the TIA’s TR-42.7 Copper Cabling Systems Subcommittee in 2018, TIA-568.2-D is a revision to the 568 cabling standard that recognizes 28 AWG patch cords. Previously the TIA had recommended only 22 AWG to 26 AWG for balanced twisted-pair cables. The addition of 28 AWG guidance is important for high-density applications where congestion, airflow and sharp bend radii are major considerations. Their smaller diameter allows 28 AWG patch cords to be used in places where 22 AWG to 26 AWG may be difficult or impossible to deploy.