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Encore Wire Corporation is a leading manufacturer of residential, commercial, and industrial copper and aluminum electrical building wire. The company offers a comprehensive product line that includes NM-B cable, UF-B cable, THHN/THWN-2, XHHW-2, USE-2, RHH/RHW-2, and other types of wire products, such as service entrance unarmored (SEU), service entrance cable (SER), photovoltaic, underground residential distribution wire (URD), tray cable, metal-clad, and armored cable. These products are used to distribute power from the transmission grid to the wall outlet or switch.

Encore Wire’s products are sold through manufacturers’ representatives to wholesale electrical distributors servicing the residential, commercial, industrial, and renewable energy sectors. The company serves various markets, including healthcare, data centers, airport expansions, military bases, oil and gas, transit, wastewater treatment, school construction, and power generation. All of Encore Wire’s products are made in America at its vertically integrated Texas campus.

Encore Wire’s 460-acre single-campus facility, with over 3.5 million square feet under roof, allows for deep inventory levels and unmatched delivery times. The company’s innovative wire-pulling solutions, award-winning colored wire, and Metal-Clad and Armored Clad SmartColorID® identification system promote cost and labor savings and safety.

Since 1989, Encore Wire has been providing superior-quality wire and cable, industry-leading delivery times, and “whatever it takes” customer service. Through its state-of-the-art quality control facility, the Encore Wire TechLab®, the company ensures that its products are built to the highest standards. Additionally, smarter packaging helps customers achieve maximum productivity onsite.

The Encore Wire product catalog features a complete line of copper and aluminum residential, commercial, and industrial building wire, along with information on labor-saving packaging, services, and capabilities. Encore Wire Corporation manufactures and sells copper electrical building wires and cables primarily in the United States. The company’s product lineup includes NM-B cable, a non-metallic sheathed cable used for interior wiring in homes, apartments, and manufactured housing; and UF-B cable, an underground feeder cable designed to conduct power underground to outdoor lighting and other remote applications.

Encore Wire Corporation was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in McKinney, Texas. As of July 2, 2024, Encore Wire Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Prysmian S.p.A. Encore Wire Corp is engaged in the manufacturing of electrical building wire and cable. The company supplies building wire for interior electrical wiring in commercial and industrial buildings, homes, apartments, and manufactured housing. Encore’s principal customers are wholesale electrical distributors, who sell building wire and a variety of other products to electrical contractors. Encore’s product line includes NM-B cable, UF-B cable, THHN/THWN-2, XHHW-2, RHH/RHW-2, and other wire types, including tray cable, metal-clad, and armored cable.

FEATURED PRODUCTS

The Reel Payoff®

Encore Wire’s Reel Payoff® is the industry’s first self-spinning wooden reel! Delivered on a custom 4-way pallet, the Reel Payoff is easy to pick up and position, reducing material handling cost and possible damage to the wire. All Reel Payoffs are shipped in roll-off position, making it easy to place in your desired location or pull straight from the pallet. In a tight spot? The Reel Payoff rotates within its own axis for 360-degree maneuverability.

FEATURES
Sizes 24″, 30″, 32″, 36″, 42″ and 48″
Available with any Encore Wire product
Equipped with a 4-way pallet that allows you to pull with no tools
Shipped in roll-off position, reducing material and handling costs and possible damage
Reel legs lock inner flange in place during transit and loading

MC Barrel Pack

With time and safety in mind, the MC Barrel Pack was designed to serve as an instant payoff system with no extra tools required. Using a proprietary packaging technique, the MC Barrel Pack uses a smaller container with 10% more footage than competitors, meaning longer, continuous footage and less scrap. The MC Barrel Pack is easily maneuverable using any standard dolly or cart and can be paid out in a 360-degree radius so you can get your next job done quicker.

FEATURES
Available in a 55-gallon drum
Available with standard 120V/208Y and 277V/480Y color codes
Portable and easy to setup
Serves as an instant payoff system; no special equipment or tools needed
Easily maneuverable with any industrial dolly or cart
Can be paid out in a 360° radius
Longer put-up and continuous footage equal less setup, less packaging, and less scrap
Smaller container, with 10% more footage than competitors

MC-LED

MC-LED (Type MC-PCS) cable is perfect for use with low voltage lighting systems that include not only the power requirements but also the signal and control component of lighting systems, together in a single cable assembly. MC-LED is also uniquely designed for advanced control of various smart building automation systems, such as electric daylight shade controls and other lighting automation processes, such as, but not limited to use with vehicle parking decks, sports arenas, and entertainment venues. In fact, MC-LED can even be PVC Jacketed (covered) for use in wet/damp locations as well. Encore Wire’s MC-LED is also uniquely designed for other non-lighting tasks, such as smart building mechanical automation systems that utilize both power and 0-10V components to control specific mechanical tasks, such as daylight shading controls or any task where both power and signal/control functions are necessary.

FEATURES
Sizes 12 AWG – 10 AWG
Copper building wire
Permitted for 600-volt applications
Removable SmartColorID® label
Available in steel armor
Suitable for dry locations
Suitable for wet and damp locations (when PVC jacketed)
Permitted for direct burial (when PVC jacketed)
Permitted for use in environmental air-handling spaces
RoHS compliant
UL Listed E-301130

Tray Cable Power Cable THHN/THWN-2 Inners (With Ground)

Encore Wire’s Tray Cable (TC) Power Cable is available in sizes 8 AWG through 750 KCMIL. TC Power Cable is primarily used for connecting power devices in commercial and industrial environments. Suitable for installation in channels, ducts, wireways, cable trays, and raceways. Approved for direct burial in wet or dry locations and outdoors in cable trays where sunlight-resistant rating is required. Available optional construction suitable for use in Class I Division II Hazardous Locations upon request.

FEATURES
?Sizes 8 AWG – 750 KCMIL
Permitted for 600-volt applications
Sunlight-resistant in all sizes
Suitable for wet, damp and dry locations
Permitted for direct burial
Constructed and listed for applications requiring TC-ER-JP rating
RoHS Compliant
UL LIsted E-179429