At World Class Wire and Cable, we’re proud of our accomplishments and awards.

Jim Lindenberg, founder and president of World Class Wire and Cable, has the distinction of being the 15th person worldwide to obtain both CSE (Certified Sales Executive) and CME (Certified Marketing Executive). World Class Wire and Cable won the Future 50 Award in 1998 for being one of the fifty fastest growing companies in Southeastern Wisconsin in sales and number of employees. World Class Wire and Cable won the Future 50 Award for the second time in 1999. World Class Wire and Cable won the Master Mettle Award for 2000 for winning the Future 50 Award for the third time in a row. World Class Wire and Cable was honored by the Nations Business Magazine with the Blue Chip Award. It is awarded to companies that have overcome obstacles and great odds and have succeeded. World Class Wire and Cable was one out of only four Wisconsin companies to win the Blue Chip Award. Jim Lindenberg was honored as a 2000 finalist for Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. World Class Wire and Cable was named to the 2000 Fast Track Wisconsin list of privately-held companies who have generated significant growth in recent years. Jim Lindenberg was featured as Personality New Berlin in the New Berlin Citizen newspaper, February, 2001. World Class Wire and Cable was registered by the United States Patent and Trademark office in 2002 for our special packaging option under the name “DRUMBOX®”. World Class Wire & Cable was honored by New Berlin Economic Development Corporation for outstanding leadership in economic development for the city of New Berlin in April 2001. World Class Wire and Cable was named to the 2001 Fast Track Wisconsin list of privately-held companies who have generated significant growth in recent years. Jim Lindenberg  was named New Berlin 2003 Citizen of the Year. Jim Lindenberg was named the 2003 Heroes at Home by the Southwest-Midwest CNI Newspapers. Jim Lindenberg was selected as a finalist for the 2003 Wisconsin Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Jim Lindenberg was selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration as Wisconsin's 2004 Runner-up Small Business Person of the Year. Jim Lindenberg was selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration as Wisconsin's 2005 Small Business Person of the Year. Jim Lindenberg was named a 2005 Bravo! Entrepreneur by the Small Business Times. Jim Lindenberg was selected as a finalist for the 2005 Wisconsin Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. World Class Wire & Cable was selected as a Beyond the Paycheck award winner by The Business Journal in 2005.   World Class Wire & Cable was chosen as a Mid-Market Growth Award recipient by the Business Journal in 2005.   Jim Lindenberg was presented a special award called Financial Risk Taking by the Wisconsin Family Business of the Year in 2006.   World Class Wire and Cable was selected to the 2006 class of Top 10 Small Business award winners by the Small Business Times.   Jim Lindenberg was selected as a winner: Best of Wisconsin and finalist for the Lake Michigan Area Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2006.   World Class Wire and Cable was selected to the 2007 class of Top 10 Small Business award winners by the Small Business Times.   Jim Lindenberg was selected as a winner for both Best of Wisconsin and Best of Lake Michigan Area Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2007.   World Class Wire and Cable was awarded the Waukesha Country Executive Award for Waukesha County Business of the Year in 2007.   World Class Wire and Cable was named one of the Top 5,000 businesses in the United States by Inc. 500 Magazine in 2007.   World Class Wire and Cable was named by Deloitte and Touche as one of the Top 75 Businesses in Wisconsin in 2007.   World Class Wire & Cable was chosen as a Mid-Market Growth Award recipient by the Business Journal in 2007.   World Class Wire & Cable was given an Innovative Quotient Award by Small Business Times in 2008 for its DRUMBOX® wire winding system.   Jim Lindenberg was honored as one of the 100 Faces for 100 Years By the National Association of Electrical Distributors in 2008.   World Class Wire and Cable was named by Deloitte and Touche as one of the Top 75 Businesses in Wisconsin in 2008. WCWC was also honored as a Distinguished Performer in the area of Entrepreneurship by Deloitte and Touche in 2008.