
Cicoil Invents the Ribbon Cable
Cicoil was founded in 1956 with an innovative new product for the early mainframe computers – the flat ribbon cable. The ribbon cable allowed companies like IBM to replace bulky, stiff round cables with sleek, flexible ribbon cables. Cicoil’s innovative engineers figured out how to use a new material, proprietary Flexx-Sil™, to ‘mold’ a flat cable containing multiple conductors of the same size. Named ribbon cables, variations of these flat cables are still used today in most computers, printers, and many electronic devices.
Cicoil’s ribbon cables helped America put a man on the moon, as the lightweight cables were integral to the first space walk in 1965, and the Lunar landing in 1969. In the decades that followed, Cicoil flat cables have performed on every US fighter jet, most commercial airplanes, and in many demanding missile and land-based applications

Flexx-Sil™ Material and Patented Extrusion Process
Servo-controlled automation systems need cables that are able to continuously flex for millions of cycles, are lightweight, and that fit in increasingly compact spaces. To meet these new needs, Cicoil developed a new extrusion process, able to make continuous lengths of flat cable with a unique, crystal clear material named Flexx-Sil™. Representing a quantum leap from Cicoil’s original molded flat cables, the new Flexx-Sil™ material and extrusion process created a wide variety of high performance, cost-effective flat cable solutions for the semiconductor, motion control and medical automation industries worldwide.
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Fungus-resistant Flexx-Sil flat cables for extreme environments
April 13, 2021 11:07pmIn 1998, Cicoil developed an ultra-pure cable jacketing material which is ideally suited for highly flexible and high-performance flat cable applications. This Cicoil-exclusive material named Flexx-Sil, is a unique, engineered polymer that includes the best aspects of silicone rubber, without the impurities and additives found in common silicone polymers. Cicoil’s Patented Flexx-Sil rubber offers a […]
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Cicoil expands its Engineered Systems capabilities
February 5, 2021 8:18amCicoil is pleased to announce the expansion of its Engineered Systems design, prototype and turn-key services. Cicoil’s ability to manufacture electromechanical and box-build sub-systems from start to finish provides multiple benefits to its Mil-Aero customers. Located at www.cicoil.com, these services allow defense industry contractors to streamline design time, reduce their supply base, cut costs and […]
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Solar panel power cables for voltages to 42,000 Vdc
December 17, 2020 8:51amRated for voltages up to 42,000 Vdc, Cicoil’s Flexx-Sil jacketed single conductor and multi-conductor power cables have been designed to provide absolute reliability in solar panel powered systems. Cicoil’s Crystal-Clear cable designs allow for uninterrupted performance in operation critical applications, such as low earth orbit Cubesats, ground based autonomous vehicles, drones and aircraft, Space Rovers […]
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