General Cable History

After officially incorporating in New Jersey, U.S.A., the Company designed a distinctive identity by which it would be known to its many customers, suppliers, investors and associates. The trademark logo represented three lengths of cable overlaid on one another, with the words ‘General Cable’ on each length.

Supplied 100% of the cable for the power transmission line from the Hoover Dam to Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – 1,626 conductor miles.

British Insulated Callender's Cables was formed by two of the earliest cable making companies in Britain, which date back to the 1880s. The company's name was simplified to BICC in 1975.

Adopted a new logo to reinforce and promote the letters “GCC” as the accepted abbreviation for General Cable Corporation.

Supplied power cable to four THUMS (Texaco, Humble, Union, Mobile and Shell) man-made offshore islands at Long Beach, California, used for drilling and pumping fluid from oil-rich wells back to the mainland.

Installed the highest underground distribution line at Pikes Peak, Colorado, U.S.A. Seven miles of cable buried beneath unpaved mountain roads furnishes electrical energy to three installations including a medical research lab atop the 14,110-foot summit.

Supplied hundreds of miles of power and communications cable to link the control facilities with the launch platforms at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A.

Designed, developed and manufactured a 5.6-mile optical fibre cable that GTE installed in California, U.S.A., as the world’s first light wave communications system to provide regular telephone service to the public.

Supplied the wire and cable to the Marsden Point Oil Refinery located at the entrance to Whangarei Harbour in Northland, New Zealand.

Supplied wire to light the Statue of Liberty for the Centennial celebration.

Supplied medium-voltage aluminium cable and armoured cable for power, control and signalling applications for the AVE high-speed railway system connecting Madrid to Seville, Spain.

Supplied the wire and cable to build the infrastructure for the Barcelona Olympic Games and the Seville World’s Fair.

Produced a hybrid copper and fibre optic cable to provide electricity and communications to the guard station at the top of Mount Rushmore. The cable jacket was custom designed for long-term outdoor survival in the rugged South Dakota, U.S.A., weather and its pinkish tan colour blends in with the environment.

Supplied on-board fibre optic cable for the ongoing requirements and maintenance of the International Space Station program.

Rallied production and distribution efforts to respond to the immediate need for portable power cable, critical to the rescue and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center as well as energy cable, to restore power to New York City, New York, U.S.A., after the September 11th terrorist attack.

Acquired majority ownership of joint ventures in Algeria and the Philippines, with each business delivering more than $100 million in annual revenues.

Introduced the global Wired as One Values program to unite all General Cable employees worldwide through a common set of value-based principles that define the behaviours of everyone in the company’s performance-driven culture.