Encore Wire Corporation manufactures and supplies electrical building wires and cables for use in interior electrical wiring applications in commercial and industrial buildings, homes, apartments, and manufactured housings. The company's products include NM-B Cable, a non-metallic sheathed cable primarily used as interior wiring in homes, apartments, and manufactured housing; UF-B Cable, an underground feeder cable that is used to conduct power underground to outside lighting and other applications remote from buildings; and THHN/THWN-2 Cable, which is primarily used as feeder, circuit, and branch wiring in commercial and industrial buildings. Its products also comprise XHHW-2 Cable and USE-2 Cable that are intended for general purpose applications utilized in conduit or other recognized raceways for service, feeders, and branch-circuit wiring; metal clad and armored cables, which are primarily used as feeder, circuit, and branch wiring in commercial and industrial buildings; photovoltaic (PV) cables that are used to provide connections between PV panels, collector boxes, and inverters; and bare copper conductors that are used in overhead electrical transmission and distribution systems for grounding electrical systems. In addition, the company purchases and re-sells other types of wires. Encore Wire Corporation markets its products primarily through independent manufacturers' representatives, as well as directly to wholesale electrical distributors and retail home improvement centers in the United States. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in McKinney, Texas.