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  • Houston Wire & Cable Company Is Proud to be One of Forbes' America's Most Trustworthy Companies for 2012
  • Houston Wire Cares! – Community Outreach for Q3 and Q4 2010
    • Team HWC participates in Houston's Annual Walk for Food Allergy
      Team HWC participated in Houston’s Annual Walk for Food Allergy on September 11, 2010. Employees from HWC and Southwest Wire Rope (SWWR) brought their families to Sam Houston Park in Downtown Houston for a 2.5 mile walk. This was HWC’s second year to be a Silver Sponsor of this event and the company logo appeared on the official walk t-shirt that was given to the 1,800 people that attended the event. Of the 12 million Americans with life threatening food allergies, 15% of our employees have someone in their immediate family that is affected. Group photo from the event.


      Fourth Quarter 2010 – Corporate Social Responsibility Accomplishments
      HWC is pleased to report that during the fourth quarter of 2010 the following was accomplished:
      • Company wide recycling increased 55.4% during the quarter
      • Paper consumption was reduced by 16% as compared to fourth quarter 2009.
      • It was announced that Southwest Wire Rope-Houston will begin participating in the HWC company wide recycling program in 2011.
  • Fourth Quarter 2010 – HWC Community Outreach a Success
    • HWC is pleased to report that multiple locations participated in our fourth quarter Community Outreach Program:
      • Houston/Corporate headquarters' team adopted a family for the Holiday season. HOU/Corp purchased gifts for the entire family. The family attended the company Holiday luncheon on Friday, December 17th and received their gifts.
      • The Tampa team partnered with the Metropolitan Ministries of the Tampa Bay Area. The Tampa office collected monetary donations to provide a Christmas dinner for 112 people.
      • The Charlotte team adopted a family for the Holiday season and collected monetary donations and purchased gifts.
      • The Philadelphia team partnered with the Salvation Army and adopted a family of seven for the Holiday season.
      • The Los Angeles team also adopted a family for the Holiday season and collected gifts, food and monetary donations.
  • Third Quarter 2010 – HWC Community Outreach a Success
    • HWC is pleased to report that during the third quarter of 2010 the following was accomplished:
      • Houston/Corporate headquarters and branch offices recycled a total of 195,998 lbs of materials which included wood, paper, cardboard, plastic, aluminum, steel, toner cartridges and electronics.
      • Paper consumption went down as a company by 5% from Q3 2009.
      • All quality medium to small reels are recycled or re-used.
  • Houston Wire Cares! – Community Outreach for Q1 and Q2 2010
      • HWC's Green Team coordinated the recycling of over 7,000 lbs of old/unusable computers, monitors, printers and terminals. HWC has reduced paper consumption by 38% since Q4 2009.
      • Lomax Junior High Career Day in May. HWC-Corporate had the opportunity to speak with students on the importance of education and how their actions now can be so critical to their future.
      • Our Chicago team hosted a blood drive with Heartland Blood Centers
      • Houston/Corporate headquarters' team hosted a Memorial Day cook-off and bake sale benefitting the United Service Organizations (USO). HWC matched all funds raised at the event.
      • Houston/Corporate members will participate in the Walk for Food Allergy in September. Interested in supporting Team HWC? Please click here to donate.
  • Fourth Quarter 2009 – HWC Community Outreach a Success
    • HWC is pleased to report that multiple locations participated in our fourth quarter Community Outreach Program:
      • Houston/Corporate headquarters' team collected clothing for the Star of Hope shelter and items for the Houston Food Bank. For the second consecutive year, we had a successful toy/clothing drive with the Salvation Army Angel Tree Program
      • Los Angeles team collected clothing for the St. Linus Church
      • Philadelphia team collected items for the Ronald McDonald Holiday Toy Run
      • Seattle team collected food for Northwest Harvest, a statewide hunger relief agency.
      • Charlotte team provided clothing, food and gifts to the 50th annual St. Patrick's Cathedral Dinner.
      With this team effort, we were able to help hundreds of people during this difficult holiday season. We sincerely appreciate the efforts of our team and look forward to strengthening our Community Outreach Program in 2010.
  • Team HWC participates in Houston's 6th Annual Walk for Food Allergy!
    • On September 12, 2009, Team HWC participated in a 2.5 mile walk to support the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN). More than 12 million Americans have food allergies and nearly 10% of the employees at our Houston/Corporate office have someone in their immediate family that suffers from a food allergy. FAAN has been at the forefront of progress in food allergy research, but there is still no definite cure. Raising public awareness is a major step in improving the lives of individuals with food allergies. Houston Wire & Cable Company is a proud Silver Sponsor of the FAAN Walk for Food Allergy! Thanks to our team and their families for helping make a difference. View photos from the event.
  • HWC Hosts 15th Annual Blood Drive
  • Houston Wire & Cable Company Makes Forbes' "America's 200 Best Small Companies" List
    • Houston Wire & Cable Company was listed on the Forbes' Top 200 Best Small Companies for the Second Consecutive Year. HWCC ranked 16th overall, up considerably from its 44th overall position in 2007. A complete list of the Top 200 companies can be found in the October 27, 2008 issue at www.forbes.com.
  • Houston Wire & Cable Company's LifeGuard™ Product Selected in BuildingGreen's Top-10 Building Products
    • Houston Wire & Cable Company is pleased to announce that LifeGuard™ has been selected as one of BuildingGreen's Top-10 Building Products. LifeGuard™ has been recognized for the product's flame resistant material which produces less smoke, acid gas, and carbon monoxide (CO) during combustion. Read more
  • Ernst & Young Houston & Gulf Coast Area
    2007 Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist
    Construction & Distribution Category
    • Houston Wire & Cable Company's President & CEO, Chuck Sorrentino, was nominated for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Program for the second time in his career with the company.  The program is designed to honor an owner/manager of a private or public company that is primarily responsible for the recent performance of a company and an active member of top management.  Chuck believes that customer satisfaction and employee happiness are vital and endorses and entrepreneurial sprit by encouraging employees to contribute to the company's success.

      Mr. Sorrentino and members of the management team were honored at the awards banquet on June 28, 2007.
  • Houston Wire & Cable Company Ranks in Top 10 On BusinessWeek's 100 'Hot Growth' Companies in the United States
    • To identify "Hot Growth" companies, BusinessWeek reviews Standard & Poor's database of 10,000 public companies with annual revenues of $50 million to $1.5 billion. Businesses are ranked by three-year sales and earnings growth as well as return on capital. Companies must have a market cap of $25 million or more and a stock price of at least $5. To review the article in its entirety, visit http://www.businessweek.com.
  • Houston Wire & Cable Company Announces Secondary Offering of Common Stock
    • In March 2007, HWCC completed a secondary offering of common stock of 7.475 million shares. The price of the offering was set at $25.00 per share. The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders.

      For both offerings, William Blair & Company, L.L.C. acted as sole book-running manager, along with Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated as the co-lead manager and BB&T Capital Markets as co-manager.
  • Houston Wire & Cable Company Announces Public Offering of Common Stock
    • In June 2006, Houston Wire & Cable Company completed an initial public offering of 9.775 million shares. The price of the offering was set at $13.00 per share and the net proceeds from this offering were used to repay debt. With this offering, shares began trading on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol "HWCC".