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General Cable Corporation

Type	Public
Traded as	: BGC S&P 600 Component
Industry	Electrical cable, manufacturing, engineering
Founded	Incorporated 1927
Headquarters	Highland Heights, Kentucky
Key people	Michael T. McDonnell (CEO), John E. Welsh, III (Nonexecutive Chairman)
Products	Power, telecommunications, fiber optics, electronics, and datacom cables
Revenue	$6 billion (2014)
Number of employees	12,000 (end 2010)
Website	www.generalcable.com

General Cable is a company based in Highland Heights, Kentucky, with sales offices and manufacturing facilities in several countries. General Cable manufactures and distributes copper, aluminum, and optical fiber cables, for energy, construction, industrial, specialty and communications sectors. General Cable is a Fortune 500 company. The CEO of General Cable is Michael McDonnell.

General Cable was incorporated in New Jersey in 1927, merging several older companies founded in the 19th century, including Phillips Wire and Safety Cable Company, Rome Wire Company, and Standard Underground Cable. General Cable was owned by Penn Central from 1981 to 1992.

General Cable produces copper and aluminum wire, and optical fiber, as well as electrical cable products for the energy, construction, industrial, specialty and communications markets. The company's power cables include low-, medium- and high-voltage power distribution and power transmission products. General Cable's application-specific industrial and specialty cables are used in electrical power generation — traditional and renewable — the oil, gas and petrochemical industries; mining; industrial automation; automotive, marine, and transit; and military, aerospace and OEM applications. Its communications wire and cable products transmit low-voltage signals for voice, data, video and control applications. General Cable sells its products under several brands including Anaconda®, Carol®, GenSPEED®, NextGen®, NSW®, NUAL®, Prestolite Wire®, Silec® and STABILOY®.