Who are the internationally renowned cable and wire manufacturers?

Introduction to the world's largest wire and cable companies and the US cable market

PIRELLI (Italy) Cable and Systems Company

The Italian PIRELLI Group was founded in 1872 In 2004, it was the second largest group company in Italy, with a turnover of 42 billion euros in 2004.

The Pirelli Group has a long industrial tradition. Its operations include tires, power cables and systems. , communication cables and systems, it is a world leader in every field.

Pirelli Group’s industrial activities cover 25 countries. From a geographical perspective, the sales revenue of products and services is distributed as follows: Europe accounts for 65% (of which Italy accounts for 22%); North America Approximately 9%; Central and South America account for approximately 12%; Australia, Africa and Asia account for the remaining 14%.

In the commercial field, the sales revenue of the Pirelli Group in terms of goods and services is distributed as follows: in terms of power cables and power supply systems, more than 40%; in terms of telecommunications cables and telecommunications systems, more than 6%; in tires In terms of investment, more than 44%; in terms of real estate (Birelli Real Estate Co., Ltd.), it accounts for almost 10%.

The headquarters is located in Milan, Italy. With estimated sales revenue of nearly 7 billion euros in 2009 and 54 production plants around the world, it is the world's largest power cable company.

Following an acquisition agreement with Goldman Sachs Investment Partners in 2005, the former Pirelli Cables & Systems is now officially renamed Prysmain Cables & Systems. Its core business is telecommunications and power cables.

The group has 45,000 employees, 87 factories in 22 countries and continents, and total sales in 2009 exceeded 6.5 billion euros. Pirelli Group is famous for its production of optical fibers, communication optical cables, power cables, light source Ethernet systems and Pirelli tires. It has a history of 130 years. The production scale and technology of optical cables are among the best in the world. Pirelli can provide market products, systems, engineering and installation turnkey projects in communications and power transmission. Pirelli's cables and systems are among the world's most advanced. Its power cables and accessories have voltage levels up to 1000kV, high-voltage submarine power Cables can be laid in 2,000-meter-deep water, and communication optical cables can be laid in 6,000-meter-deep water.

The group’s strategy is to focus on opening up new businesses and new markets. In terms of strengthening production capabilities in North America, South America and Asia, the group has entered the stage of expanding joint ventures and now a joint venture is established in Indonesia. , established a communication cable joint venture in Wuxi in 1996. Tianjin Taibo Power Cable Co., Ltd. is Birelli's second joint venture in China.

NEXANS GROUP

Nexans was originally part of the French Alcatel Group. In 2000, Alcatel Group's global business was reorganized, and most of its cable and component businesses became Nexans. Nexans, which was successfully listed in June 2001, has inherited more than 100 years of experience in professional production of cables and related systems and is now a leading company in the world's cable industry. Nexans Industrial produces in 39 countries and has operations around the world. It has 22,400 employees worldwide and sales revenue in 2008 reached 6.8 billion euros. Nexans Group is listed on the Paris stock market.

With energy as the core of its development, Nexans plays a pivotal role in the four major global markets of infrastructure, industry, construction and local area network (LAN).

As a leader in the global cable industry, Nexans provides a full range of cables and cable systems to increase industrial productivity, improve business performance, enhance security, improve quality of life, and ensure long-term and reliable operation of networks.

Sales in 2008 : 6.8 billion euros

(Sales at current metal prices)

Employees : 22,400 people

(in Million euros )

2007

2008

Sales at current metal prices

7,412

6,799

< p>Sales at constant metal prices and exchange rates

4,822

4,776

EBITDA

510

533

EBITDA margin

10.6%

11.2%

Operating Margin

409

427

Operating Margin Rate

8.5%

8.9%

Net Income - group share

189

82*

Diluted Earnings per Share (in euro)

6.67

3.07

Operating ROCE before tax**

15.5%

16.4%

Net Debt

290

536

* 195 million Euros excluding non-recurring items

** Excluding acquisition during that year

Since entering the Chinese market in the mid-1980s, Nexans has advanced R&D Capabilities are active in sectors such as energy, transportation, construction, shipbuilding and other infrastructure-driven markets. While widely serving the Chinese market with its superb high and medium voltage cables, special cables, communication cables and electrical wires, it has also rapidly promoted the localization of its products. While China's economy has achieved enviable growth, Nexans Cable has also joined the construction of some key national projects, contributing to the rapid growth of China's economy.

In China, Nexans also set up companies and built factories in China with its unique vision. For a time, China's telecommunications industry, transportation industry, oil and natural gas and other industries began to emerge. Nexans' presence has been well received in the industry. So far, Nexans has four wholly-owned factories and offices in cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, Dalian, Chongqing, Xi'an, Wuhan, Hong Kong and Taiwan to better serve Chinese customers.

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the international strategies of multinational companies have been adjusted and have two mutually reinforcing and significant features: one is global integration; the other is localization. Global integration needs to be achieved through localization strategies; therefore, localization has become the top priority of multinational companies' international strategies. More and more multinational companies have taken root in China. They implement localization strategies such as R&D, procurement, human resources, products, sales channels, and promotions, integrate into our country's economy in an all-round way, and have achieved huge benefits. Facing the increasingly intensifying domestic competition, Chinese enterprises have gone abroad and actively participated in international competition. The successful experience of localized operations of multinational companies has very good reference significance for the internationalization process of Chinese enterprises.

Since entering China, Nexans has paid more attention to the localization strategy. And it has implemented localization strategies in terms of products, technology, talents, training, etc.

BICC (British Insulated Cable Company)

BICC is a global group company and one of the world's top 500 companies. The BICC Group is headquartered in the United Kingdom and has the largest number of cables in the world. With more than 37,000 employees, its turnover in 1996 reached 4.6 billion pounds (7.6 billion US dollars). BICC Group provides basic equipment for the power, transportation, construction, communications and other industries. It is the world's largest data cable manufacturer and the world's No. 1 data cable manufacturer. The second largest cable manufacturer, it produces more than two million kilometers of optical cables every year. It is the largest optical cable manufacturer in Europe. It has factories in Europe, America, Australia, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Malaysia and other places in Asia. The famous United States The building automation company Andover also belongs to the BICC Group.

The BICC Group has a number of technology research and development centers around the world, including the fiber optic research center in Hesborne, UK, and in Canada, Testing centers in Italy and the United Kingdom, and material research centers in the United States and the United Kingdom. These R&D institutions provide strong technical support to the BICC Group and develop a full range of products to meet the needs of different customers.

Prysmain Prysman

Prysmain Cable Systems is a world-class multinational company. The company was founded in Hagen, Germany in 1881 and has a history of more than 100 years. Its two core businesses - energy cables and systems and communication cables and systems - occupy a leading position in the international market. Pressman Cables and Systems is the world's largest energy and communication cable manufacturer, with 12 production plants covering 34 countries on five continents, and a global market share of more than 9%.

For more than a century, Pressman has established its own core industry, and its operations have been deeply rooted in local markets around the world. Pressman has developed into a truly multinational company. operating group. Its two core industries - power cables and systems (for electric power transmission under sea and on land) and communication cables and systems (optical cables and copper conductor communication cables for image, data and sound transmission), operate on 5 continents , with more than 6,000 employees, 12 factories and 4 R&D centers in 34 countries. In 2008, Pressman Group's global sales reached 4 billion euros.

Pressman provides a full set of 10Gb/s (10 Gigabit Ethernet) solutions globally. At the same time, Pressman also has a full range of Enhanced Category 5/Category 6/Category 7/Category 7A, unshielded/shielded, optical fiber (including MT-RJ/LC) and a full set of green and environmentally friendly intelligent wiring systems, which can support signal transmission of all weak current systems in the building and are widely used in Transmission of various information such as voice, data, graphics, images, multimedia, security monitoring, and sensing, etc., supports UTP, F/UTP, S/FTP type twisted pair, optical fiber, and other transmission media.

Pressman’s operations in China have also achieved good results. Pressman (China) provides various types of communication cables (optical cables for image, data and sound transmission) to the Chinese market. and accompanying accessories. Since entering the Chinese market in 2001, Pressman's market share in China has continued to expand, and its operating performance has steadily increased. With the global technical and management support of Pressman Group, Pressman (China) has become an important supplier in China's integrated wiring system market.

General cable General cable

American General Cable Co., Ltd., a Fortune 500 company, is the world's largest special cable manufacturer, with sales in 2009 reaching US$5 billion. It mainly produces special wires and cables for use in nuclear power plants, ships, ultra-high voltage equipment, etc.

General Cable is a listed company in the United States. The headquarters is located in Hi (ghland Heights), Kentucky, USA, and the Asia-Pacific headquarters is located in Christchurch, New Zealand. The products are mainly copper, aluminum and optical fiber wires and cables. The markets targeted are mainly public infrastructure, communications, electrical appliances, industrial, special & retail industries. With approximately 7,700 employees worldwide and 30 factories in 12 countries, General Cable is one of the largest wire and cable manufacturers in the world. The world's largest manufacturer of special cables.

General Cable Jiangyin Co., Ltd., a direct subsidiary of American General Cable Co., Ltd., and Jiangyin Huaming Special Cable Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation contract in February 2007. General Cable Company acquired Jiangyin Huaming Special Cable Co., Ltd. CABLE LIMITED.

The name of the new company is "General Cable (Jiangyin) Co., Ltd.", with approximately 200 employees and annual revenue of approximately US$12 million. Over the next few years, General Cable plans to reinvest and introduce technology and manufacturing experts to improve the utilization of acquired assets and expand the new company's product sales, profitability and revenue generation capabilities. The expected profit growth is mainly due to the rapid growth of China's domestic market demand and export opportunities to the Asia-Pacific market. General Cable hopes to use a small portion of the profits from convertible debt to offset the initial acquisition costs and other required short-term investments.

Comber Whitt, executive chairman of General Cable's Asia-Pacific region, said: "Our Asia-Pacific management team has worked very hard to enter the Chinese market." "We hope to expand production capabilities, market competitiveness and The ability to provide cables for transportation, mining and nuclear power plants to the Chinese market. Gregory B. Kenney, executive director of General Cable Company, also said: "This transaction represents only the first small step in General Cable Company's expansion strategy into Asia. Previously, we have established sales offices in China and India to sell specialty cables to these countries. We will also continue to patiently evaluate investment opportunities in these countries and around the world, with the main target being power cables and other specialty cables. "

NEONI

The German LEONI Group, headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany, was founded in 1917. It is the world's largest and oldest electrical cable and cable manufacturer. One of the manufacturers of wire harness systems and professional cable products, headquartered in Germany, with 35 subsidiaries located in Germany, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Portugal, Egypt, Tunisia, South Africa, the United States, Canada, and Mexico , India, China and other countries. It specializes in the production of automotive wiring harnesses, wires and cables, cable systems, special cables and other customized services. It has 46,000 employees worldwide and annual sales revenue of 2.9 billion euros in 2008.

Lai. Ni Electrical Cable Company is the global leader in automotive wiring harness manufacturing. In particular, its wiring harness products rank first in the European market and fourth in the global market. The company's product categories include: automotive wiring harnesses, wires and cables, Cable systems, copper wire customization services, etc.:

Proportion of products in sales Table 1

Product types

Proportion %

Automotive wiring harness

Wires and cables

Cable system

Copper Wire

Customized Services

Product Sales Area Table 2

Product Coverage Area< /p>

Proportion%

Europe

Asia

9.5

Atlantic Free Trade District

9.5

Other regions

Product application industries Table 3

Product application industries

Percentage

Automobiles and Commercial Vehicles

Infrastructure

Communications

Capital investment, medical care

Automation engineering

< p>Electrical accessories

Cables and accessories

As can be seen from the above table, Leoni Cable Company Its main product is automotive wiring harnesses, which are closely related to the automotive industry. It also has the highest market share in Europe

Sumitomo Electric Industries

Sumitomo Electric Industries was founded in 1897. One of the most famous communications manufacturers in the world. Its production and sales of optical fiber cables have been among the best in the world for many years, with an annual output value of approximately US$3 billion. Sumitomo Electric has more than 200 subsidiaries in various countries around the world, and nearly 10 in China. branches.

Sumitomo Masatomo (1572-1636) and Soga Riemon (1572-1636) founded the Sumitomo business in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan. It has a history of more than 400 years. Sumitomo Electric possesses the Sumitomo family's unique copper smelting production experience and technology with a long history of nearly 300 years. By integrating and accumulating cutting-edge technologies, Sumitomo Electric develops diversified and diverse products in high-potential markets. Keep pushing the boundaries of technology. Especially in the fields of optoelectronics, new raw materials, electronic systems and energy. Sumitomo Electric invests all over the world, with the Asia-Pacific region investing in production in 1949 and export facilities becoming particularly active.

The copper smelting business of the Sumitomo family, which has a long history of 400 years, laid the foundation for Sumitomo Electric's wire and cable production business. Sumitomo Electric has developed many technologies by cross-integrating the technologies developed and accumulated in the process of manufacturing wires. A variety of undertakings, launching one original new product after another to the society. In this regard, the history of our company can be said to be a history of diversified operations and diversified development. Applying wire drawing technology, powder metallurgy products and special steel wires were developed; the successful development of wire coating material technology led to the advent of rubber products. Through further comprehensive application, the creative technologies accumulated in a wide range of business activities have been expanded to epoch-making new technological fields such as systems and optoelectronics. We will continue to apply our unique creative technologies to reach new heights in new fields represented by optoelectronics, new materials and systems.

Belden Wire & Cable Company

Since Joseph C. Belden founded Belden Company in Chicago, USA in 1902, its name has become a symbol of quality and invention. Synonyms. It has a history of more than 100 years since its establishment and is a famous wire and cable company in the United States. Headquartered in Richmond, Indiana, USA. Belden is a world-class professional developer and manufacturer of wires and cables. It has 7 large factories in the United States, and also has professional production bases in Canada, the Netherlands, and Mexico. It has more than 4,000 engineering and technical personnel specializing in the development of wires and cables. and production. Belden's wires and cables were sold throughout the Americas and around the world

Belden's first major breakthrough came in 1905. That year, after many experiments, the "Beldenamel" insulation material was invented. This flexible enamel insulation became the basis of the company's early success. In 1910, the company moved to several larger locations in Chicago and added rubber insulation to its product line.

In 1927, the company's business expanded further with the invention of a soft rubber latch by a Belden engineer. The company designed and built a new factory in Richmond, Indiana, mainly producing wires, and put it into production in 1928.

During World War II and the following fifteen years, the Richmond factory added some new buildings and expanded its production scale. Operations of the wire factory were transferred from Chicago to Richmond, making the Richmond plant fully independent. The Richmond plant is now Belden's largest production base.

Before 1942, Belden's production was strictly limited to military supplies. Its products were used in tanks, aircraft, vehicle radars, submarines, ships, jeeps and other types of weapons.

After the war, the Belden Company gradually established a leadership position in wire and cable technology through research, engineering, and product development. The company was one of the first to use plastic insulation materials in wire and cable manufacturing. Focusing on the demand for precision and high-quality products, Belden is committed to the production of high value-added insulation, cable, protection and sheathing materials. From its inception, Belden has strived to determine what and how to produce and how to effectively bring products to market according to the needs of its customers.

In May 1980, the company's Electronic Products Division moved to a new headquarters building in south Richmond, Indiana. On September 8 of the same year, Belden reached a merger agreement with Crouse-Hinds, a well-known electrical product manufacturer located in Syracuse, New York City, and the merger was officially announced on December 10 of that year.

On April 10, 1981, Cooper Industries, headquartered in Houston, Texas, acquired the economic entity formed by the merger of Belden and Crouse-Hinds.

In October 1993, Belden Company once again became an independent economic entity. This was the most important change for the company. Belden Corporation serves as its parent company with offices in St. Louis, Missouri. The company's Belden Electronics Division is headquartered in Richmond, Indiana.

Since becoming an independent public company again (New York Stock Exchange, symbol BWC), Belden has followed an expansion strategy. In 1995, Belden acquired several companies with production facilities in the Netherlands. 1996 Belden announces the acquisition of Intech Cable Company and the Alpha Wire Products Division of Alpha Wire Company. In 1997 and early 1998, the acquisitions announced two years earlier of Cowen Cable Company, Leominster, Massachusetts, and Olex Communications Cable Company, Melbourne, Australia, were realized. In 1998, Belden also acquired Elektro-Isolierwerke (EIW), a well-known German company that designs, manufactures and sells cables for industrial and computer networks. In just three years, Belden's sales grew from less than $400 million to $747 million in 1997, and its number of employees increased from 2,800 to 4,500.

Belden Electronics, a subsidiary of Belden Corporation, is an industry leader in the design, manufacture and sale of specialty wire and cable for the electronic and electrical markets, headquartered in Richmond, Indiana. , with production facilities in the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany and the Netherlands, and sales organizations in the United States, Canada, Singapore, Australia and the Netherlands. Belden's primary manufacturing, engineering and technical services functions are registered with the International Standards Organization.

Belden has a wide range of products and is praised for its excellent product quality. All Belden's factories have obtained ISO9001 and ISO9002 quality certificates, ranking first in the wire and cable industry. At the same time, Belden's high-quality products have also become a model in the industry.

Belden is a major producer in the wire and cable industry. Its products are widely used by major technology companies in the construction of the Internet, corporate networks, communication networks, and automatic production workshops monitored by robots and programs. Used by broadcasters to manufacture advanced digital and analog audiovisual equipment and studios.

Investors have always regarded Belden as synonymous with quality and invention. Many rapidly growing products in the wire and cable market, whether Internet digital subscriber lines, broadband, wireless communications, fiber optics or automated operating systems, use Belden products as the infrastructure for voice/image/data transmission. Belden was the first to market Ethernet cables, the first to introduce optical fiber cables for industrial applications, the first to introduce enhanced network cables, multimedia twisted pairs, and many other products, to name a few. Belden's advanced technology produces twisted pair products that not only meet the bandwidth demands of today's applications, but also support the needs of tomorrow's applications. Belden's DT350ò and MediaTwistò are examples of creative high-bandwidth products that have had a revolutionary impact in the field of twisted pair technology.

Flukawa Electric Co., Ltd

Fukawa Electric Co., Ltd was founded in 1884 and employs 4,200 people. Annual net sales were 426.125 billion yen (as of March 31, 2009). It is Japan's leading optical fiber manufacturer and an important supplier of optical fiber cables in the world.

Products and services cover the following fields:

Information and communication

Optical fiber·optical cable/semiconductor optical device/optical related products/optical fiber·optical cable accessories·construction/metal Communication cables/electronic wires/network equipment/CATV (cable television) systems/wireless products, etc.

Automotive parts and electronic products

Automotive parts and wires/windings/heat sinks/ Aluminum substrates for storage disks/antennas/electronic component materials/batteries, etc.

Energy and industrial equipment

Bare wires and aluminum wires/power cables/insulated wires/disaster prevention products/ Power cable accessories·Construction/Cable piping materials/Water supply/Hot water piping materials/Foam products/UV tapes for semiconductor production/Electrical materials products, etc.

Metal

Copper Drawn products (plates, strips, rods, wires) products/electrolytic copper foil/processed products for electronic components/special metal materials/superconducting products/special metal materials (shape memory, superelastic alloys), etc.

Light metal

Aluminum plates/aluminum extrusion materials/forged products and other light metal products/light metal processed products, etc. Furukawa Electric said that from April to September in O9, the company's optical fiber department revenue fell by 17% compared with the same period last year. % to 44.5 billion yen, and operating profit also decreased by 17% year-on-year to 2 billion yen; the revenue of electrical/electronic departments such as heat sinks decreased by 42% year-on-year to 71.7 billion yen, and operating profit also decreased by 97% year-on-year. 100 million yen.

The financial report for the first half of last year (April-September 2009) stated that consolidated revenue fell 37.4% from the same period last year to 365.360 billion yen; consolidated operating income, which shows the profitability of the main business, fell from the same period last year The profit of 21.1 billion yen turned into a loss of 2.660 billion yen; the consolidated net profit also fell 93.0% from the same period last year to 1.753 billion yen. From April to September, the company's optical fiber department revenue fell 17% year-on-year to 44.5 billion yen, and operating profit also dropped 17% year-on-year to 2 billion yen; the revenue of electrical/electronic departments such as heat sinks fell year-on-year. 42% to 71.7 billion yen, and operating profit also dropped 97% year-on-year to 100 million yen. Furukawa Electric is also a global heat pipe manufacturer.

Furukawa Electric reiterated in a press release that last year's (April 2009-March 2010) consolidated revenue, operating profit and net profit maintained the original (May 8) estimate of 807 billion. The yen (an annual decrease of 21.9%), 10 billion yen (an annual increase of 2.5%) and 2.5 billion yen (a net loss of 37.4 billion yen in the previous year) remained unchanged.

Corning

Corning (NYSE: GLW) was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in Corning, New York, USA. Corning has been the inventor and creator of glass and glass/ceramics-related products and technologies for more than 150 years. It is a world-renowned multinational company and one of the world's top 500 companies. Corning has ownership (around 50%) of 50 subsidiaries in 16 countries. Corning reported fiber optic and cable sales of approximately $1 billion in 2009.

Corning Incorporated is the world's largest optical fiber manufacturer. Corning Incorporated provides advanced technologies for many rapidly developing areas of the world economy. Corning is a major supplier of fiber optics, cables and optoelectronic products for the telecommunications industry; high-performance glass for computers, television screens and other information display equipment; and glass for the semiconductor industry and scientific institutions. Advanced optical materials; ceramic carrier products for the automotive industry; specialty polymeric products for biotechnology applications, and other advanced materials and technologies. In the environmental, technology and life sciences markets, Corning's technologies for the advanced materials market have produced products used in lighting and launch systems, as well as glass and mirror blanks used in the world's largest astronomical telescopes. It has 8 production plants and more than 3,000 employees. The focus areas of business are telecommunications, display technology and automotive industries. In addition to its Shanghai headquarters, Corning also has offices in Beijing, Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

Corning’s investments in China are closely aligned with emerging market trends in the region, with a focus on telecommunications, display technology and the automotive industry.

China is an important driving force for the growth of the global telecommunications market.

Since 1990, Corning has partnered with China to build strong local businesses capable of delivering telecommunications products to China and other Asian markets. Corning's wholly-owned telecommunications operations in China include Corning Optical Fiber Division and Corning Cable Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. In addition, Corning has three holding telecommunications joint ventures in China – including Shanghai Optical Fiber Co., Ltd., Beijing Corning Optical Cable Co., Ltd. and Chengdu Corning Optical Cable Co., Ltd.

Korea LS Cable Co., Ltd.

Korea LS Cable was originally a cable company under the Korean LG Group. Since becoming independent from LG Group in 2003, it has been using the LG trademark. At the beginning of this year, it was decided to change the company's trademark to LS (leading solution), which means "leading solution". LS Cable Co., Ltd. is one of the leading manufacturers of ultra-high voltage cables, optical cables, connecting plugs and air conditioning systems, and is the largest cable manufacturer in South Korea.

1) LS Cable Group Business Overview

Staff - 3,150

Senior personnel - 31

Organization - 3 business divisions (Cable Business Headquarters, Parts Business Headquarters, Machinery Business Headquarters)

10 business divisions, 2 business teams

R&D Headquarters, Support Headquarters, etc.

Sales - 2,907.7 billion won (KRW)

Total assets - 2,826.4 billion won (KRW)

19 series companies – domestic sales) 643.2 billion

Overseas sales) 286M$

LS Cable China is composed of 5 production legal persons, 1 trading legal person, and 1 headquarters support team.

2) Business overview of LS Industrial Group< /p>

Staff - 3,080

Organization - Korean Management Headquarters, 3 factories, Central Research Institute, Electric Power Research Institute, Electric Power Test Center, Training Institute

Vietnam Business Department

China Business Department

Japan, Germany and other overseas offices

As early as November 2003, LS Cable Group invested US$8 million in Jiangsu An automotive cable production plant was established in Wuxi, laying the first chess piece to enter the Chinese market. The person in charge of South Korea's LS Cable Wuxi Factory also said that within a few years, the LS Cable Department will increase its eight sales departments in the Chinese market to more than 20 and build more than 100 agency outlets. In 2008, LS acquired Hubei Red flag cable.

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Overview of the U.S. wire and cable market

In addition to U.S. domestic suppliers, large international suppliers entering the U.S. market include Alcatel Alsthom of France, BICC and Wassal of the United Kingdom. , Pirelli of Italy, Furnkawa Electric, Hitachi and Sumitomo Electric Industries of Japan.

The main influential companies are Southwire, Alcatel Alsthom, BCP/Essex Holdings, Lucent Technologies and BICC. BICC's main market is in power (Power Cable) wires and cables, Andrew's main market is in coaxial (Coaxial) wires and cables, and the main manufacturers in the optical fiber market are Alcatel, Lucent Technologies, Pirelli and Siecor. The top five companies account for about 30% of the national market, namely Southwire, Alcatel Alsthom, BCP/Essex Holdings, Lucent Technologies, and BICC.

Other leading manufacturers include Wassall, Phelps Dodge, Belden, and Pirelli; their main products are shown in Table 3-2-2.

The top fifteen most influential wire and cable companies in the United States

Company name main product lines

Southwire construction, power plants

Alcatedl Alsthom (Alcatel Cable, Berk-tek) Optical fiber, electricity, motor

BCP/Essex Holdings (Diamond, Excel, Bristol) Motor, electromagnetic wire, telephone line, automobile

Lucent Technologies Optical fiber, telephone, motor

BICC Electricity, motor

Wassall (General Cable) Construction, power plant, control, motor

Phelps Dodge Magnet wire

Belden motors, fiber optics, switchboards

Pirelli power plants, fiber optics