WCA January 2007

Industry News

New advisory board chairman

New facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan for InterWire

Research Laboratories in Eindhoven, he joined DSM Research in 1989 as head of the ‘New Materials’ department, a position he held until 1992, when he became Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Eindhoven University of Technology. In 2004 he was appointed to his current professorship. His other academic positions include Assistant Professor of Macromolecular Chemistry at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, USA, as of this year. Professor Meijer is an acclaimed scientist who has won several prestigious national and international awards, including the Gold Medal of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society, the Spinoza Award of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and, most recently, the American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry. DSM – Netherlands Fax : +31 45 5740680 Email : media.relations@dsm.com Website : www.dsm.com

Dutch company DSM has appointed Professor Bert Meijer as chairman of its new Scientific Advisory Board. The creation of the advisory body is in line with the company’s Open Innovation policy. The other members of the advisory board will be internationally recognised leading experts in fields that are important to DSM, such as biotechnology, nutrition, material sciences, chemistry and process technology. Professor Meijer is a distinguished University Professor of Molecular Sciences at the Eindhoven University of Technology. He received his PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Groningen, and has held various positions in both industry and academia. Having worked as a research scientist in molecular materials at Philips

Interwire Products, USA, has opened a new 80,000 square foot facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to service the Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan markets. The addition of the new building to the company’s eight existing distribution centres brings its total warehousing throughout the United States up to 400,000ft 2 . The InterWire Group can supply ferrous and non-ferrous spring wire, special temper wires and strips, and second process operation needs such as flattening, shaping, plating, edging, torsion straightening and cutting. The company has also added new products to its extensive product line for the spring and OEM industry. InterWire Group – USA Fax : +1 914 273 6848 Website : www.interwiregroup.com

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