General Cable

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Summary

General Cable is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (505 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • General Cable is in the country of United States[3].
  • General Cable is in the country of US[4].
  • General Cable's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • General Cable's instance of is recorded as public company[6].
  • General Cable is owned by Prysmian Group[7].
  • General Cable's headquarters location is recorded as Highland Heights[8].
  • General Cable's Commons category is recorded as General Cable[9].
  • General Cable's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[10].
  • General Cable's industry is recorded as manufacture of other electronic and electric wires and cables[11].
  • 1927 marks the founding of General Cable[12].
  • 1994-04-22 marks the founding of General Cable[13].
  • General Cable's parent organization or unit is recorded as gleif:529900X0H1IO3RS1A464[14].
  • General Cable's parent organization or unit is recorded as gleif:529900X0H1IO3RS1A464[15].
  • General Cable's official website is recorded as http://www.generalcable.com[16].
  • General Cable's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/general-cable-corporation-history/[17].
  • General Cable's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[18].
  • General Cable's legal form is recorded as XTIQ[19].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300CAF6I1C423RT83[20]

  • Registered legal name: General Cable Corporation[21]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[22]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[23]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ[24]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[25]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[26]

  • Entity created: 1994-04-22[27]

  • LEI first registered: 2013-04-15[28]

  • LEI last updated: 2023-04-12[29]

  • LEI next renewal: 2023-04-12[30]

  • Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28[31]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[32]

  • Authority entity ID: 2396588[33]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[34]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 1927[12] and 1994-04-22[13].

Operations

General Cable's headquarters location is recorded as Highland Heights[8]. Parent organizations include gleif:529900X0H1IO3RS1A464[14].

Industry

General Cable's industry is recorded as manufacture of other electronic and electric wires and cables[11].

Ownership

General Cable is owned by Prysmian Group[7]. Its stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[10].

Why It Matters

General Cable ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (505 views/month).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [24] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [25] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Stock exchange → —
    Stock exchange → New York Stock Exchange
    Parent organization or unit → gleif:529900X0H1IO3RS1A464, gleif:529900X0H1IO3RS1A464
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