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wiredInUSA - October 2015
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INDEXSouthwire’s Huntersville cable plant,
recently bought from ABB, is already
ear-marked for expansion. The
company plans to add at least 20
employees to the existing staff at
the facility within the next two years,
said Charlie Murrah, president of the
Southwire energy division.
“We bought this plant to grow this
facility,” Mr Murrah said, speaking at
an open house in September that was
streamed live to other Southwire plants.
The $90 million high voltage cable
plant, with its distinctive 430-foot cable
insulation cooling tower, is located
about 15 miles north of Charlotte. It
was opened three years ago. The
Huntersville plant will serve as a sister
facility to a Southwire high voltage
cable plant in Heflin, Alabama.
Southwire, with 2014 revenue of $5.4
billion, is North America’s largest
electrical wire manufacturer with a
wide range of cable products.
Growing plant