Houston Wire & Cable Company Announces 2nd Quarter 2007 Earnings Conference Call

Houston Wire & Cable Company (NASDAQ: HWCC), one of the nation's largest distributors of specialty wire and cable, will hold a conference call on Wednesday, August 1, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. CDT to discuss second quarter results. This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed through the Investor Relations section on HWCC’s Web site at www.houwire.com. The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.earnings.com, Thomson’s individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call at (www.streetevents.com), a password-protected event management site hosted by Thomson Street Events. About Houston Wire & Cable Company: With more than 30 years of experience in the electrical industry, HWCC is one of the largest distributors of specialty wire and cable and related services in the U.S. electrical distribution market. Headquartered in Houston, HWCC has sales and distribution facilities in Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Charlotte, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Tampa. Standard stock items available for immediate delivery include continuous and interlocked armor, instrumentation, medium voltage, high temperature, portable cord, power cables and private branded products, including LifeGuard™, a low-smoke, zero-halogen cable. HWCC’s comprehensive value-added services include same-day shipping, knowledgeable sales staff, inventory management programs, just-in-time delivery, logistics support, customized Internet-based ordering capabilities and 24/7/365 service.