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Imagine if 30% of New York City and its upstate communities couldn’t get clean drinking water tomorrow. It might not be the kind of thing we like to think about, but that’s exactly how essential the Croton Water Filtration Plant is to low-lying areas of Manhattan and the Bronx – particularly during a drought. So it’s a good thing that 100% of the Control & Instrumentation Cable that Croton depends on to power its pumps, controls and instruments to supply a consistent output is backed by Lake Cable.

As we near the end of 2013, we can look back on a year at Lake Cable that has been truly one of our most successful. Part of that definitely included some great moments we’d like to highlight in which we gave back to the community around us and brought our own employees a little closer together.

Inspire A Student
To share that “real world” experience with a young mind looking for the opportunity to learn more about rewarding career paths, Lake Cable has been involved in a job sharing program with Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School. As a result of our sponsorship of this program, Lake Cable paid 67% of the cost of each participating student’s education at Christ The King.

Doing the right thing for the environment isn’t just a belief we hold true to at Lake Cable – it’s something we’re implementing through eco-friendly operations, everywhere you look. For example, you may recall not long ago how we’re upgrading our Valparaiso plant with more energy-efficient lighting and solar power. Or how we regularly sponsor an Electronics Recycling Drive.

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Lake Cable Positions For “Better. Smarter. Faster.” Era.
Strong Growth Results In Three Dynamic Business Units.

Bensenville, IL (October 2, 2013) – Citing a spectacular growth rate from its new and existing product lines, Lake Cable, a wire and cable manufacturing industry leader, is restructuring three business units to maintain its momentum in what management describes as a commitment to delivering on a mantra of “Better. Smarter. Faster.”

To coincide with its newly created business units, the company announced the promotions of several veteran Lake Cable employees – most of whom have spent their entire careers in the wire and cable industry - to the upper management level.

Returning a little yellow tennis ball against a serve over 100 mph? That’s certainly a challenge. Yet if you really want to see the nerves of a professional tested, ask them to produce the kind of cable responsible for transmitting high quality video and audio broadcast signals to millions of fans during one of the highest profile tennis events of the year.

"I just had a normal day at work that turned ugly.”

When you’re a combat veteran serving in one of the more dangerous places in the world, a bad day isn’t like it is for the rest of us. For Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills, his kind of bad day resulted in losing 4 of his limbs while fighting in Afghanistan.

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Bensenville, IL (August 5, 2013) – Lake Cable proudly announced today that it has added a new level of approval from Underwriters Laboratories for its Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) cable.

Building upon Lake Cable’s extensive track record of UL approvals for its PLTC and TC offerings, this RISER rated LSZH cable has become increasingly essential to use in poorly ventilated installations.

In business, you naturally strive for everything to go according to plan. Still, while you may hire the best people, instill the best practices, invest in the most optimal technology and build the strongest relationships…mistakes can occasionally happen. It’s true that nobody’s perfect. Yet, even in these moments of imperfection, you have an opportunity to shine.

At Lake Cable, we don’t merely feel it’s our responsibility to produce the best quality wire in the shortest lead time, delivering when it matters most. We also feel a responsibility to be environmentally conscious in the process.

A terrific example of how we’re doing that?

If you live in the Midwest long enough, you know there’s always that special, first Spring-like day of the year in which the temperatures reach 60’s and 70’s. Sunglasses pop on. The great outdoors look a lot more friendly than fearful. And as luck would have it, this occasion also happened to fall on the very day of one of our favorite charitable traditions: The 4^th Annual Runzel Brothers Spring Shoot.