Roger: I just looked back in the shop at a scrap roll and found no manufacturer info on the reel. I bought them from a place called Light Bilbs Etc. here in Orange, CA. PH# 714-532-1410. I wasn't aware of any new UL changes regarding cutting the rope, but I've purchased the "compression-type" cord assemblies and plastic end caps as recently as about 6 months ago.
Considering that toe-kick and crown lighting requires specific lengths, UL restrictions on self installed power cords and cutting-to-length of the rope will probably spell an end to using this material for those applications. Nobody is going to want to stock 100 different pre-fab lengths of these things, and having to custom order lengths will pretty much kill the cost and convenience advantages of this product.
If the LED version comes down in cost, it looks like the way to go in the future.
