GENERAL CABLE FEATURES PROSPARK® COIL-ON-PLUG IGNITION INSULATORS
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KENTUCKY, November 1, 2005 — General Cable, the market leader of ignition wire sets, is featuring its new ProSpark® Coil-On-Plug (COP) Insulators to meet its customers’ needs for complete applications management in this ignition system component category. This ProSpark Coil-On-Plug Insulator line is a natural extension of the Company’s ignition wire set program due to the latest ignition system technology shift where more new cars are being manufactured using Coil-On-Plug technology each year.
“In 2004, new car production utilizing COP technology was approaching 60 percent and in five years we expect this number to increase to 70 percent,” said Stu Bartsch, Product Manager, Automotive Products, for General Cable. “Currently, the solution in the automotive aftermarket is to replace a COP Insulator with a complete coil and insulator assembly. This is costly, and most times unnecessary, since coils typically do not fail, but insulators are often damaged during a tune-up. Our new product line offers a more cost-effective solution.”
"Our line of COP Insulators will be expanded with all new car introductions and maintained in the same manner that we manage our traditional ignition wire set line,” added Roger Roundhouse, General Cable’s Vice President and General Manager, Automotive and OEM Products. “We continuously review our automotive aftermarket product lines to maintain 98 percent vehicle coverage for the worldwide ‘car parc’ and service our customers at the same superior level they are accustom to receiving from General Cable.”
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 energy, industrial, specialty and communications 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.
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. Communications wire and cable products transmit low-voltage signals for voice, data, video and control applications. Visit our website at www.GeneralCable.com.
Release No. 0483
11/01/05