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wiredInUSA - July 2016
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General Cable Industries Inc is to invest
$3.7 million in its data communication
cable business in Jackson, Tennessee.
General Cablealready has 170 employees
at its 186,000ft
2
facility, which opened in
the Jackson-Madison County industrial
park in 1991, and expects to increase its
workforce by 51 when the expansion is
completed.
“The skills ofGeneral Cable’s Jackson team
and their solid performance were major
factors as we considered our options
to support our data communications
business,” said Mark Thackeray, General
Cable’s senior vice president of global
manufacturing and North American
operations.
The announcement means the Jackson
facility is prepared to take on additional
product lines and production capabilities.
Once under a feasibility study for closure,
General Cableof Jacksonwas selectedby
Penton Media’s IndustryWeek Magazine
as one of the best manufacturing plants in
North America for 2013.
General Cable joined six other plants
across the country in receiving the
designation.
General Cable has 57 manufacturing
operations worldwide, 22 of which are in
the US.
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