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ELAND CABLES RAISES THE BAR FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL CABLES


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Eland Cables raises the bar Eland Cables, the global supplier of power, data, control and instrumentation cables and cable accessories, has launched Veriflex, its own brand of industrial cables


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Surge & Circuit Protection... 34. Standards surge forwards


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