Houston Wire & Cable Company is a distributor of specialty wire and cable, and related services to the United States electrical distribution market. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company served over 3,200 customers, including 200 electrical distributors in the United States. In 2008, Houston Wire & Cable distributed approximately 22,000 stock-keeping units (SKUs) to over 8,600 customer locations nationwide from 11 distribution centers in 10 states. The Company offers products in categories of specialty wire and cable, including continuous and interlocked armor cable, control and power cable, electronic wire and cable, flexible and portable cords, instrumentation and thermocouple cable, lead and high temperature cable, medium voltage cable, and premise and category wire and cable. It also offers private branded products, including its LifeGuard low-smoke, zero-halogen cable.