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General
Cable (NYSE: BGC), headquartered in Highland Heights, Kentucky,
is a leader in the development, design, manufacture, marketing and distribution
of copper, aluminum and fiber optic wire and cable products for the communications,
energy, industrial and specialty markets. The Company offers competitive
strengths in such areas as breadth of product line, brand recognition,
distribution and logistics, sales and service and operating efficiency.
Communications wire and cable products transmit low-voltage signals for
voice, data, video and control applications. Energy cables include low-,
medium- and high-voltage power distribution and power transmission products.
The Industrial and Specialty Segment is comprised of application-specific
cables for uses such as electrical power generation (traditional fuels,
alternative and renewable sources, and distributed generation), the oil,
gas and petrochemical industries, mining, industrial automation, marine,
military and aerospace applications, power applications in the telecommunications
industry, and other key industrial segments.
Blown optical fiber technology was licensed from
inventor British Telecom to General Cable predecessor BICC Brand-Rex
for introduction to the North American market as Blolite® in the
early 1990’s. At that time Blolite was a technology tested and
proven globally for at least a decade prior, yet relatively unknown
in the United States. General Cable, then and now, has provided the
products and technical support for Blolite fiber optic network infrastructure.
In the mid 90’s General Cable partnered with a key military –contracted
shipyard to research and explore potential developments of blown optical
fiber technology for the U.S. Navy shipboard applications to replace
conventional fiber optic cable. This joint effort delivered a successful
Blolite system capable of meeting the demands and specialized circumstances
of the U.S. Navy shipboard environment. Blolite installations in military,
educational and commercial applications validate the technology and
demonstrate its practical, highly flexible, cost-effective alternative
benefits.
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