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In January 2012, Apple announced plans and requested that their cable maker Volex begin producing halogen-free USB and power cables.

Kimsey Dukes, 44, a factory worker at the Southwire Company, a cable maker in Carrollton, Ga., is paid every Thursday.

Also Rothschilds NR Investments Ltd. is the largest shareholder (26.5% End December 2009) of Volex, a Manchester-based electrical cable maker.

Europe's biggest cable maker, Pirelli, gave Italy's two largest banks veto power over strategy in return for aid in financing the purchase of control of the dominant phone company, Olivetti.

Numerous attempts at laying cables underwater failed, until cable makers finally discovered the insulating qualities of gutta-percha, a rubberlike material.

The next year, after an unsuccessful takeover attempt by rival Nexans, negotiations resumed and the announcement of a friendly acquisition was made on 22 November 2010 to create the world's largest cable maker by revenue.

The standard dictates color-coded connectors for easy identification by both installer and cable maker.

P.L.C., a cable maker, and Lee International P.L.C., a film and television services group, said they had joined the growing list of British companies making American acquisitions.

But federal prosecutors who are suing the cable maker over its testing procedures said in court papers that the notification system broke down because the critical information did not reach airlines as intended.