General Cable Corporation
1971 Acquisition of cross-shareholding in BICC[1]
1978 BICC disposed of its holding in General Cable to that company as the 2 companies were moving in different directions but General Cable maintained its holding in BICC[2]
1994 Wassall acquired General Cable[3]
1997 Wassall sold most of its interest in General Cable
1999 BICC sold its power cables business to General Cable