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AFC Cable Systems, Inc., is a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of electrical distribution products, including armored cable, flexible wiring systems, flexible conduit and fittings used in the construction and modernization of office buildings, institutional facilities, shopping centers and multi-family dwellings.

The company, which traces its origins to 1926, supplies a broad range of innovative, cost-effective products primarily to electrical contractors throughout the United States and internationally.



Company History:

  • AFC Cable Systems, Inc. was founded in New Bedford, Mass., in 1926 as American Flexible Conduit Company.

  • The company was privately owned, then a part of Nortek Inc., Providence, R.I. from 1969 until 1990.

  • AFC was again a private company independent of Nortek until December 1993, when it executed an initial public offering. The company successfully completed a follow-on offering in February 1995.

  • In November of 1999, AFC was acquired by Tyco International, Ltd..





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