EXHIBIT 32.1

                           GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION
      CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                                AS ADOPTED UNDER
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Pursuant  to Section  906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002  (Section  1350 of
Chapter  63 of Title 18 of the  United  States  Code),  each of the  undersigned
officers of General Cable  Corporation  (the "Company") does hereby certify with
respect  to the  Annual  Report of the  Company  on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2005 (the "Report") that:

            1)    The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of section
                  13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

            2)    The information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in
                  all material respects,  the financial condition and results of
                  operations of the Company.

                     Date: March 15, 2006        /s/ GREGORY B. KENNY
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                                                 Gregory B. Kenny
                                                 Chief Executive Officer

                     Date: March 15, 2006        /s/ CHRISTOPHER F. VIRGULAK
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                                                 Christopher F. Virgulak
                                                 Chief Financial Officer

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of
the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002  (Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the
United  States  Code)  and is not  being  filed  as part of the  Report  or as a
separate disclosure document.