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Aluminium and Electrical equipment

Electrical equipment depends on aluminium.

Aluminium (commodity) and Electrical equipment (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Aluminium → Electrical equipment

4 of the enterprise types in Electrical equipment depend on aluminium; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 4 enterprise types depend on it
  • 4 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Power and distribution transformer makers: distribution windings (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Power cable and wire makers: conductors (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Copper and aluminium rod, conductor and winding-wire makers: overhead lines and cheaper windings (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Substation and transmission EPC contractors: conductors (criticality 3 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.