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General Cable to Buy Alcan Cable from Rio 
May 25, 2012
In a move to add aluminum wire to its electrical offerings, General Cable Corp., Highland Heights, Ky., has agreed to acquire Alcan Cable, the Atlanta-based manufacturer of wire and cable owned by Rio Tinto Plc, for $185 million in cash...

Wire Watch: Drop in Copper Price Tied to China, Dollar 
Apr 19, 2012
Spot copper prices and short-term futures broke below $3.70 per pound on the Comex and London Metals Exchange (LME) markets over the past couple of weeks based on new estimates of China’s growth prospects and renewed softness in the U.S. construction market....

Wire Watch 
Mar 23, 2012
Copper prices over the past month continued to vary within a fairly stable range....

Copper Cautions 
Feb 24, 2012
Taking a look at the direction of the price of copper over the past couple of weeks, the metal seems to be signaling an outlook contrary to the recent influx of positive news about the global economy, or at least it’s showing no particular enthusiasm. ...

Belden makes offer for RuggedCom 
Jan 14, 2012
Belden Inc. St., Louis, has reaffirmed its all-cash offer to acquire RuggedCom Inc., Concord, Ontario, for C$22.00 per share, following a review of the RuggedCom board of directors’ recommendation that its shareholders reject the offer....

ElectroRep Takes on Southwire and Klein Tools Lines to Expand into Mining Market 
Dec 8, 2011
Electrorep, Inc., Sausalito, Calif., is expanding into the mining market in the western U.S. and has entered into agreements with Southwire Co. and Klein Tools to act as their sales rep servicing the mining companies in this region....

United Copper Industries Acquired by Private Equity Firm KPS Capital Partners 
Oct 10, 2011
United Copper Industries (UCI), Denton, Texas, a manufacturer of building wire, was acquired on Sept. 29 by New York-based KPS Capital Partners, LP, a U.S.-based private equity fund, from the Mexican firm Grupo IUSA...

General Cable expands in Europe with acquisition of Beru SAS 
Mar 12, 2010
General Cable Corp., Highland Heights, Ky., has acquired Beru SAS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BorgWarner France SAS, located in La Ferte Mace, France...

Southwire Agrees to Acquire Assets of American Insulated Wire from Leviton 
Jan 22, 2010
Southwire Co., Carrollton, Ga., announced this week that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase certain assets of Rhode Island-based American...

Prysmian lands cable order for world’s largest cruise ship 
Dec 4, 2009
Prysmian Cables & Systems, Milan, Italy, supplied approximately 3,100 miles of energy and telecommunications shipboard cables for the largest cruise ship in history, the Oasis of the Seas...

Platinum Equity to acquire Alcan Cable from Rio Tinto  
Oct 9, 2009
Platinum Equity, Los Angeles, has signed a definitive agreement to purchase controlling interest in the Atlanta-based Alcan Cable division of Rio Tinto...

Southwire Buys Maxis 
Sep 25, 2009
Southwire Co., Carrollton, Ga., completed its acquisition of the assets of Phoenix, Ariz.-based Maxis LLC on Sept. 22....

Nexans wins contract to supply cable for Belgian offshore wind farm 
Sep 10, 2009
Nexans has won a contract worth approximately 56 million Euros to supply the subsea power export cables for phase I of the Belgian Belwind Offshore Windfarm project...

Omni opens new Atlanta location 
May 8, 2009
Omni Cable Corp., West Chester, Pa., recently moved into a new location in the Atlanta market....

Alcoa to Sell Wire Harness and Electrical Distribution Business to Platinum Equity 
May 8, 2009
Alcoa, New York, announced on May 4 that it has agreed to sell its wire harness and electrical distribution business to Platinum Equity, a California-based private equity group. ...

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