An Integer Research & WJI project

摘要

This feature presents a snapshot of the world's major wire and cable companies, based on excerpts from a report from U.K.-based Integer Research, as well as other information the company provided. The term "snapshot" is used because the industry is seldom static for long, and companies continue to make acquisitions, divest non-core operations, add or drop product sectors. The following pages profile the world's top 20 companies, including a description of the businesses as well as either a Q&A or analysis. It also includes brief summations of companies that ranked 21-50. Readers likely are familiar with most, if not all, the top 20 companies, but it is not easy for anyone to keep up with all their activity. Thus, this story serves as an industry playbill. Integer Research, which based its rankings on revenues, notes that its evaluations exclude revenues that are not directly wire and cable. Further, the revenues figures that are listed for the companies refer strictly to wire and cable revenue and do not include that of the overall parent company, which may have substantial revenue from its other operations.