Market Challenges

• • Creation date	Oct 6, 2008
    Last modified	Feb 20, 2009
    Status	Online

Market challenges

The building market

New residential housing is often stimulated by lower mortgage rates, cheaper materials and the availability of labor, while the construction of new offices, public buildings and industrial plants is often influenced by strategic corporate investment and government economic policy. The dynamism of emerging countries may soon account for 48% of the building market worldwide.

Cabling trends

• Safety: especially in terms of fire-performance to protect people and the building, itself
• Sustainability: energy-efficiency, health and comfort, low environmental impact
• Fast installation: pre-assembled systems, convenient reels, and smart packaging
• Integrated solutions: for technologies (energy/data, copper/fiber) and systems