GenSPEED® 6000 DATA CABLES OFFERED IN PULL-PAC® CARTONS


HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KENTUCKY, April 16, 2007 – General Cable offers its GenSPEED® 6000 Riser and Plenum Data Communications cable in an easy-to-use, convenient Pull-Pac® carton option.

Our Pull-Pac carton offers a wide-mouth pay-out that enhances cable pulling while preventing tangling and kinks.  The cartons have been designed and preprinted with pertinent information, including: brand name; category of cable; cable type; UL listings, color; footage and specific product applications.

The plenum Pull-Pac cartons have a green color band for ease of identification while the riser cartons are identified by a blue color band.

In addition to being packaged in the Pull-Pac carton, all GenSPEED cables feature the TRU-Mark® sequential footage marking system, from 1,000 ft. to 0 ft., reducing waste on the job.

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 Web site at www.GeneralCable.com.


 

Release No. 0546
04/16/07