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Customers typically include major utilities, and Zimmerman said there is only one other manufacturer of the type of cable Brugg produces in the United States. “We are increasing the production area three fold from 5,000 square feet to 15,000 square feet, and we are investing in two very important machines,” Zimmerman said. “We will be more than doubling our production capacity.” In 2011 that is expected to amount to 3 million linear feet of cable. Brugg Cables is part of a family of businesses based in Switzerland. It is one of four Otto Suhner-controlled businesses in Rome, along with Suhner Manufacturing, Brugg Wire Rope and Brugg Pipesystems.

Brugg Cables to triple production Brugg Cables’ general manager, Karl Zimmerman, said the company is on target to produce its largest volume of fiber optic ground wire cable since production began at the plant in 1999.

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