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Millepede is an international business dedicated to development of innovative cable management products and processes that reduce installation time and environmental impact.
The parent company Millepede International Ltd is an Australian Stock Market (ASX) listed company, (ticker MPD). With operational subsidiaries in the USA , Millepede Inc (MUS) and UK, Millepede Marketing Ltd (MML), who supply products around the world.
The company was founded by an English physicist Andrew Harsley with a grant from the Prince's Youth Business Trust in the mid-1990s, and since then it has been developed and internationalized by entrepreneurs in the UK, USA and Australia.
The Millepede Mille-Tie remains the company's first and core product, and as well as having attracted several design awards, it has also been exhibited at the Houses of Parliament in London.
The patent that created the Mille-Tie also is adaptable enough to be used for several designs including the easy release version Quickstrip.
Mille-Tie has become the product of choice in the Fiber Optic and high performance cabling markets and used on Military projects such as the British Type 45 Destroyer, where cable protection is vital.
Besides the Mille-Tie, the company has also developed a system for molding polymers more cost effectively via a continuous injection molding process, and is currently experimenting with plastic strengthening technology which will allow many metal items to be replaced with plastic ones
The latest range are push-pull, cable installation tools the Mille-Rod. Used by major companies like IBM, and includes the innovative polymer range.
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