wiredinUSA May 2012

WE’VE all heard of ‘going green’ but scientists are

taking it to the limit at the University of California

by creating a forest of nanowire trees to harvest

solar energy (see page 9).

This is just the first of a number of ‘green’ stories in

the May issue of wiredInUSA, which also features

a look at this year’s Wire Expo taking place later

this month in Dallas, Texas. This can be found on

page 48.

Also on the green side, Cenergy Power has com-

pleted a photovoltaic system for almond proces-

sor Hughson Nut at its processing facility in Califor-

nia (see page 11).

This issue is also tinged with sadness with news of

the death of Edgar Danciger, founder of Florida

Wire and Cable Co. The 94-year-old, who devel-

oped new processes for making stranded wire

and cable, died after a battle with cancer. You

can read the full story on page 14, where he is de-

scribed by a longtime friend as ‘amazing’.

Not wanting to end on a sad note, congratulations

must go to Steve Maguire, president of Maguire

Products, who has received the annual Business

Management award from the Society of Plastics

Engineers (see page 16).

David Bell

Editor

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wiredInUSA - May 2012