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Overview Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc. is a
privately held corporation founded in 1975 by Paul Engel. The
factory and offices comprise a 140,000 square foot facility in Ware,
Massachusetts, about a two hour drive west of Boston. Quabbin Wire
& Cable employs approximately 100 people and has total annual sales of $25,000,000.
Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc. is named after Massachusetts' Quabbin Reservoir, one of the country's largest human-made lakes used to store drinking water. The Quabbin covers 39 square miles with a 118 mile shoreline, and is the primary drinking water source for metropolitan Boston. It was built in 1939 by flooding a central Massachusetts valley and has become a tourist attraction because of the wildlife and scenery. Quabbin Reservoir provides nesting habitat for bald eagles and excellent fishing.
Products and Markets
Quabbin Wire & Cable manufactures a large variety of low temperature thermoplastic shielded and unshielded cables. These meet or exceed current industry standards for computer, data transmission, instrumentation, and other electronic applications. Quabbin Wire & Cable sells its products by specifying at the OEM, through a network of distributors, and supports this with an extensive finished goods inventory of over 200 part numbers. Quabbin Wire & Cable has stocking locations throughout the USA. Quabbin Wire & Cable's end markets include:
- Local area network (LAN) systems
- Telecommunications DS-1 and DS-3 systems
- Control and instrumentation systems
- Process control interconnect
- Computer peripherals
- Sound and audio instrumentation
- Low capacitance data
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Harsh Industrial Ethernet applications
- Point of sale equipment
- Custom designed signaling applications
LAN cabling is currently Quabbin Wire & Cable's fastest growing wire and cable segment. Quabbin Wire & Cable's DataMax®LAN cables have an international reputation for consistent high quality performance. These products undergo sophisticated testing and are widely used throughout the industry under the DataMax name and also as private labeled product. The 100 ohm UTP (unshielded twisted pair), 100 ohm ScTP (screened twisted pair), and 150 ohm shielded cables for token ring applications are sold throughout the world. Many leading edge LAN equipment manufacturers have evaluated DataMax products and recommend them to interconnect their systems.
Quabbin Wire & Cable also aggressively pursues new product and marketing niches. Examples of some of the newer products are commercial LAN cables for Categories 5e and 6A applications, hardened Industrial Ethernet cables, double shielded low capacitance cables, high speed foam dielectric data cables, T-1, E-1 and T-3 interconnect cable.
Quabbin Wire recently completed an extensive review and conversion of their entire product line so that more than 90% of all cables now comply with European RoHS requirements. This new feature is extremely important to most OEMs and distributors.
Brochures Catalogs and Collateral
Quabbin Wire has many brochures, catalogs, and collateral pieces that supplement this web
site. They include the Facilities and Capabilities brochure posted at the top of this section, a
comprehensive 3-ring binder catalog, a disk version of that catalog, and additional
material described below.
Contact our field sales representatives or our headquarters if you would like a printed or disk copy of the binder. Electronic (Adobe Acrobat) versions of other collateral are described below.
Stranded Patch Cable Brochure
Summarizes stranded cable designs that comply with various TIA/EIA Category classifications. Illustrates how patch cords can improve network performance.
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Stranded
Patch Cables
(Adobe Acrobat
Brochure)
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Space Saving 600V Cable Brochure
600V-Trol cables typically provide 60% space saving over standard 600V designs. Used for internal and external interconnection of industrial controls and instrumentation.
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600V Cables
(Adobe Acrobat
Brochure)
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DataMax Telco Product Brochure
Summarizes cables designed for DS-1, E-1, xDSL, and DS-3
signaling. Discusses why these protocols are now being used
outside Central Offices. |
DataMax Telco
Products
(Adobe Acrobat
Brochure)
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Belden Cross-Reference Sheets
A 2-page guide listing Belden part numbers and similar Quabbin cables. |
Belden Cross-Ref Sheets
(Adobe Acrobat
Brochure)
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Quabbin
Stock List
Lists all cables
currently in inventory. Describes construction, if RoHS compliant,
NEC rating,
and typical application. |
Quabbin Stock List
(Adobe Acrobat
Brochure)
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Custom
Design Capability Brochure
Outlines the method and process
used to design, quote, and manufacture unique cable designs.
Also illustrates ten actual
designs varying from 300 MHz LVDS to
digital audio applications. |
Custom Design Capability
(Adobe Acrobat
Brochure)
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Featured article in Manufacturing Today magazine
The linked article at right details Quabbin Wire’s manufacturing philosophy and
the benefits of adopting Lean systems.
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Custom Design Capability
(Adobe Acrobat
Brochure)
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Sales Support Quabbin Wire & Cable has a strong sales department and support staff. A key strength is outstanding customer service focused on meeting customers' needs. Computerized inventory, quoting and order entry capabilities and billing aid in delivering dependable and responsive service. Orders for stocked product received by noon are often shipped the same day. Custom cables are often designed, costed and quoted in four to six working hours.
In today's world economy, Quabbin Wire & Cable is a strong, viable company represented by over twenty manufacturing representative organizations. These organizations are chosen for their wire and cable expertise as well as their ability to increase Quabbin Wire & Cable's position in the marketplace.
Manufacturing and Quality
To meet the current worldwide demand for LAN products, Quabbin Wire & Cable has undertaken several expansions of its production facility. These expanded and improved facilities enable Quabbin Wire & Cable to significantly reduce quoted delivery times and remain a major player in the worldwide LAN market.
Quabbin Wire’s manufacturing personnel recently received training and adopted the
“Lean” systems philosophy. “Lean” minimizes WIP (work-in-process) inventory cost,
creates more efficient product flow through the factory, and also reduces set-up
expenses. For more information on Quabbin’s “Lean” capability, read the pdf article
linked in the brochures section above. The article appeared in “Manufacturing Today”
magazine.
Manufacturing utilizes state of the art processing and monitoring systems such as non-contact laser micrometers, computer controlled inkjet printers, inline capacitance monitoring and microprocessor-based data gathering. Through training efforts and corporate commitment, quality concepts are an integral part of the company's work culture. Quabbin Wire & Cable's quality policy has been adopted and actively supported by all levels of the organization.
The decision to choose Quabbin reflects much
more than selecting a reel of cable. Along with the product, Quabbin
customers benefit from an uncompromising vision of quality and a
commitment to perform above industry standards. This philosophy is an integral part of the Quabbin corporate culture extending to the level of sales service provided, the technical and engineering support customers receive, respect and consideration for employees, as well as the desire to impact the local community and environment in a positive manner.
Key Personnel
Paul Engel, President
Debi Engel, Executive Vice President
Stacy Gilmour, Vice President of Human Resources
Dan Griswold, Vice President of Finance
Kevin Drummond,
Director Sales and Marketing
QUALITY POLICY
Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc. is dedicated to designing, manufacturing and selling consistently high quality products. To ensure that our products and service meet our customers' requirements, our quality objectives are:
- to exceed industry and performance standards
- to employ vendors who share a commitment to
quality
- to ensure employee understanding and support of our quality system
Commitment, teamwork and dedication to quality are leading Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc. to a future of growth and prosperity.
Paul D. Engel, President
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