EXHIBIT 99.1





                                                  Charles Mazur
                                                  Director of Investor Relations
                                                  (412) 937-2300



               CDT Selects Deloitte & Touche LLP As New Auditor


Pittsburgh, PA, April 11, 2002 - Cable Design Technologies Corporation (NYSE:
CDT) today announced that its Board of Directors appointed the accounting firm
of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company's independent auditors, replacing Arthur
Andersen LLP.

CDT said that during Arthur Andersen's tenure as the Company's auditor, the firm
consistently provided a high quality of auditing services, and exhibited the
highest levels of professionalism.  CDT added that the Company and Deloitte &
Touche have a plan for an orderly transition that will be completed in time for
Deloitte & Touche to review the Company's fiscal third quarter earnings report
and to start and complete the audit for the Company's fiscal year ending July
31, 2002.


About CDT

Cable Design Technologies (www.cdtc.com) is a leading designer and manufacturer
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of high bandwidth network connectivity products, fiber optic cable and
connectors, assemblies, components, computer interconnect cables for
communication switching applications, and communication cable products used in
wireless, central office and local loop applications.  CDT also manufactures
electronic data and signal transmission products that are used in automation and
process control and specialty applications.