wiredinUSA October 2015

INDEX

Reporting on the top 100

General Cable held onto its third place in 2014, but it is likely to be overtaken by Sumitomo Electric during 2015. Southwire continues to rise up the rankings, helped by acquisitions and the stronger demand for cable from the USA. Other movers in 2014 include Riyadh Cable, El Sewedy, Al Fanar, Bahra Cables and Elloumi Group, who have all continued to see a rise in revenues in the Middle East and North Africa and, in the case of Coficab, through new operations in Mexico and Brazil. For the first time in seven years, the leading Chinese companies have not risen up the rankings against their global peers.

Integer independently compiled “Top 100 global wire and cable producer database 2015” has given the top spot to Prysmian, with Nexans close behind. Prysmian was top of the rankings in 2014 and Nexans has considerably closed the gap between the two. The annual database acts as the barometer of competition across the wire and cable industry, providing independently verified rankings of the 100 largest producers in the world based on revenues derived from insulated products for the previous year. Analysis of the latest data shows that the top producers generated insulated wire and cable revenues of $110 billion during 2014, representing 51 percent of the global market. Research's

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