The International Cablemakers Federation (ICF) was founded in 1990 with a permanent Secretariat in Vienna, Austria. Today ICF has more than 100 members from more than 30 countries of all regions in the world. The membership represents approx. 70% of the global manufacturing capacity of the Wire & Cable Industry.

The objectives defined by the constitution include, amongst others:

• the promotion of the use of cables
• the promotion of energy saving and increased safety
• the improvement of the recovery and re-use of cable materials
• the analysis and collation of statistical data of interest to the industry
• the maintenance of worldwide relationships within the Wire & Cable Industry whilst complying with all antitrust and cartel prohibition legislation, applicable to any of the members.

ICF publishes a quarterly Newsletter covering selected topics and industry statistics.