Moreover, tenders, no matter who won, were often shared among the several ‘competing’ suppliers. Rather, large producers – most belonging to an exclusive industry association – decided which of them would be ‘permitted’ to dominate which markets. There were ‘gentlemanly’ rules about competition, which seldom revolved around price. At substations, it was virtually all porcelain.īy all accounts, the insulator industry of the day was in fact a cartel with only a few manufacturers dominating all markets in developed countries and beyond. About two thirds of the business was held by porcelain and one third by toughened glass. To begin with, only two technologies battled for market share on overhead lines. It should be noted at this point that the ‘insulator world’ of the 1980s was a far different industry than what one sees today. The three wanted to quantify world market size and growth as well as to get a better understanding of this business. The interest behind such a project lay in the recent management buyout of several European porcelain insulator factories by three Swedish entrepreneurs: Anders Bohm (a ‘sales guy’), Lennart Rundcrantz (a ‘financial guy’) and Peter Larsson (a ‘production guy’). The origins of INMR go back to the late 1980s, when a large European-based producer contracted a Canadian consulting firm to carry out research on the global market for electrical insulators. Reviewing the origins of INMR can be helpful in two respects: firstly, it will establish the truth of how this journal began and evolved into what it has become equally important, it is a way to thank some of the unique people who made INMR possible and without whose participation and support this journal may never have survived. Until now, I have resisted going into much detail when replying, thinking no one really cared or would bother to read a recounting of events. Recently, more and more people have begun to ask about the origins of INMR, its name, its mission and how it began.
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