General Cable Takes Leadership Role with Division 17.com
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KENTUCKY, July 6, 2001- General Cable (NYSE: BGC) is one of the first cable manufacturers to join Division 17.com (www.division17.com), a commercial website. The Division 17 initiative began over two years ago as a proposal to the Construction Specifications Institute. It was initiated to integrate telecommunication systems into the design of a building. This commercial website will allow architects, designers, consultants, contractors, project managers, and other Technology and Communications Systems (TACS) industry professionals access to technical data provided by key telecommunication vendors such as General Cable. Division17.com will be one of the tools used by the industry to plan cabling systems. In addition, this media will make it easy to download a General Cable 3-Part Cable Specification. Division17.com has become the single web portal of choice for TACS professionals around the country averaging more than 30,000 page views per month.
As a leading manufacturer of network copper and fiber optic products, General Cable offers a complete range of datacom solutions, from conventional Category 5e, to enhanced Category 5e and Category 6 copper cabling, to the most advanced fiber optic and blown fiber systems. The demand for Gigabit Ethernet has accelerated the requirement for advanced cable designs to support full and half-duplex operations. Our Category 5e and Category 6 cables are designed to operate within 10Base-T through 1000Base-T protocol as well as exceed TIA/EIA-568-B.2 and 568-B.2-1 Standards. All Category cables ensure added headroom for Error-Free operation and are third party verified proving transmission results that increase bandwidth and excellent return loss.
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 and electrical 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 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. Visit our website at www.GeneralCable.com.
Statements in this press release, other than historical facts, are forward-looking statements including without limitation, statements regarding future financial results and performance, plans and objectives, capital expenditures and the Company's or management's beliefs, expectations or opinions. Actual results may differ from those statements as a result of factors, risks and uncertainties over which the Company has no control. Such factors include domestic and local country price competition, particularly in certain segments of the power cable, building wire and cordset markets, and other competitive pressures: general economic conditions, particularly in construction; the Company's ability to increase manufacturing capacity and productivity; the cost of raw materials, including copper; the impact of technological changes; the Company's ability to achieve productivity improvements; and other factors which are discussed in the Company's Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 1999, as well as periodic reports filed with the Commission.
Release No. 0349
7/6/01