General Cable Corp. (BGC), Highland Heights, Ky., announced that its board of directors appointed Charles "Chip" McClure Jr. and Patrick Prevost to serve as independent directors of the company until they stand for election at the next annual meeting of stockholders in 2011. McClure is the chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president of ArvinMeritor Inc. Prevost is president, CEO and a member of the board of directors of Cabot Corp. NEMA news