Houston Wire & Cable Company

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.houwire.com
Employees: 410
Employee growth: 7.9%

Houston Wire & Cable (HWC) may have a Texas name, but it can keep customers wired from Seattle to Tampa. The company is a conduit between cable manufacturers and electrical distributors and their customers. It distributes specialty (electrical and electronic) wire and cable products, such as cable terminators, fiber-optic cables, and bare copper and building wire, as well as voice, data, and premise wire. It also provides cable management services (a custom program designed for wire and cable requirements) and an asset-management program (for the development and management of inventory). HWC operates a network of multiple distribution centers across the country and sells primarily to electrical distributors.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2011:
Sales: $396.4M
One year growth: 28.5%
Net income: $19.7M
Income growth: 128.3%

Officers:
Chairman: Scott L. Thompson
CEO and Director: Charles A. Sorrentino
President: James L. Pokluda III

Competitors:
DXP Enterprises
Graybar Electric
WESCO International