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Article: Nine Member Companies to Receive NJBIA's 2006 Awards for Excellence: Fisk Alloy Wire, Inc.
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- New Jersey Business
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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Fisk Alloy Wire, Inc. has the distinction of developing Percon, a line of environmentally "green" copper alloys used in wire and cable products. The challenge was to replace the high performance standards of cadmium, a very hazardous yet strong and efficient electrical conductor. To meet this challenge, Fisk in 1992 introduced the first two Percon alloys and set out on a long-term project to meet and hopefully exceed the performance requirements established by cadmium copper alloy. When the project was designed, manufacturing capabilities had to be built, and the new "green" alloy conductor idea had to be marketed. All ...