Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,241 pages of information and 244,492 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

General Cable Corporation

From Graces Guide

1971 Acquisition of cross-shareholding in BICC[1]

1978 BICC disposed of its holding in General Cable to that company as the 2 companies were moving in different directions but General Cable maintained its holding in BICC[2]

1994 Wassall acquired General Cable[3]

1997 Wassall sold most of its interest in General Cable

1999 BICC sold its power cables business to General Cable

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Jan 15, 1971
  2. The Times, Jul 13, 1978
  3. The Times, March 18, 1995