Houston Wire & Cable

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Houston Wire & Cable Company
Type Public
Nasdaq: HWCC
Industryindustrial equipment wholesale
Founded1975
Headquarters Houston, Texas,
Services
  • electric utilities
  • natural gas
Revenue $393.23 Million (As of 2013) [1]
Website http://www.houwire.com

Houston Wire & Cable Company is a wire and cable provider in the United States. [2] [3] [4] The company was founded in 1975 and based in Houston, Texas. [5] As of year 2011, the company provides service to about 6,000 customers with a customer base covering the industries of communications, energy, engineering, utility and transportation. [4] It was ranked in list of Top 200 Best Small Companies in America in 2009 by Forbes [2] The market capitalization of company is $240.05 million with an enterprise value(As of February 2014) of $278.93 million. [1] In February, 2014, the company joined Affiliated Distributors (AD), a dynamic[ peacock prose ] community of independent distributors and manufacturers of construction and industrial products. [6] In 2021 the company was acquired by Omni Cable LLC. [7]

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History

The company was founded in 1975. In 1987, it completed its first initial public offering and was subsequently purchased in 1989 by ALLTEL Corporation. [8]

In 1997, the company was purchased by investment funds affiliated with Code, Hennessy & Simmons LLC, and then conducted a second public offering in 2006. [8]

In 2010, the company acquired Southwest Wire Rope, LLP and Southern Wire, LLC to broaden its product line. [9]

In February, 2014, it opened its newest distribution center in Odessa, Texas. The center can provide the customer with standard same-day shipment and will-call pickup in Odessa. [10]

In 2020, it sold its Southern Wire business, a wholesale distributor of wire rope and rigging products, for a purchase price of $20 million. [11]

In 2021, the company was acquired by Omni Cable LLC for $91 million USD. [7]

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