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Jackson investment

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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