Encore Wire Plant Tour

>>> Wednesday, June 8 | 12:30 pm - 4:15 pm

Tour participants will be able to first-hand experience one of the greatest success stories in the wire and cable industry. Encore Wire started out in 1989 as a 68,000-sq-ft warehouse building in McKinney, Texas. Today, through unprecedented growth, the manufacturer of copper and aluminum residential, commercial and industrial building wire has multiple plants that collectively account for approximately three million sq ft. And the company, which has some 1,600 employees, is not done. There are plans for further expansions on its 425-acre campus.

Not only is the sheer size of the operations impressive, so are the logistics that Encore Wire has designed and employed to make its campus functional. That includes a first-ever company solution: an internal train system. Dubbed the “Encore Express,” the tug can tow up to five large carts, each of which can carry up to 10,000 pounds of finished goods, allowing up to 50,000 pounds to be moved to the new Service Center in a single load.

Sadly, attendees will not be able to ride the Encore Express, but the tour should be a memorable experience. An interior view of Encore Wire’s new Service Center.

The “Encore Express” was the company’s solution to moving finished product.

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