General Cable

General Cable is a cable manufacturer headquartered in Highland Heights, Kentucky. The company is the fifth largest turnover cable manufacturer in the world and goes to the merger of 10 precursors, including Phillips Wire and Safety Cable Company, the Rome Wire Company and Standard Underground Cable in New Jersey in 1927. The CEO is Gregory B. Kenny.

History

In 2007, General Cable North Seekabelwerke (NSW) and for $ 735 million, the cable division of Phelps Dodge. The raw materials division of Phelps Dodge went to Freeport McMoRan -.