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Wire & Cable ASIA – July/August 2010 9
A new president for FTTH
Council Europe
Chris Holden has been elected as the next president of the board at the Fibre to
the Home Council Europe, becoming the fifth person to hold this position since
the Council was founded in 2004. Chris Holden replaces outgoing president
Karel Helsen.
Chris Holden continues in his current role as strategic marketing manager carrier
EMEA with Corning Ltd after a long career in various managerial positions in the
telecommunications industry. Since joining the FTTH Council Europe in 2005, Chris
has been an extremely active member of several committees. In April 2008 he was
elected as chairman of the development and operations committee, and in April
2009 as board member of the FTTH Council Europe.
In his farewell message Helsen said: “The FTTH Council Europe can be proud of its
achievements to date, with the yearly conference as its flagship event. This
conference is now the biggest FTTH Conference worldwide and stands in the
spotlight of the international media. I strongly believe that fibre access will boost a
whole suite of new services and applications. The strategy of the FTTH Council
Europe 2015 reflects this development and I am sure that the council will be very
successful in attracting new members from these industries.”
“The council has made good progress over the past year,” said Hartwig Tauber,
director general of the FTTH Council Europe. “Our members are feeling positive
about the future, particularly after the FTTH conference in Lisbon last February,
which attracted a record number of delegates. High-speed broadband has become
a topic of national significance in recent years, and the Council’s message – that
FTTH is a future-proof solution for delivering broadband – is more important and
relevant than ever.”
FTTH Council Europe – Belgium Fax: +32 2503 2277
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IBA enters into an exclusive
agreement with Dasheng
IBA has extended its offering by adding the Dasheng Electron beam accelerators
to its portfolio of high current IBA-Dynamitron® (formerly called RDI Dynamitron ®).
As of 1st April 2010, IBA will be the exclusive distributor of the Dasheng E-beam
accelerators outside of China. IBA will also be responsible for providing
installation and support services to Dasheng E-beam accelerator customers
outside of China.
“Not only will this collaboration extend our IBA Dynamitron portfolio but Dasheng
will also bring in the collaboration its expertise in cable and heat-shrink products,
reel-to-reel under beam systems, irradiation process and related compounds,”
said Serge Lamisse, president of IBA Industrial. “Our customers will have access
to both product lines. Dasheng E-beam accelerators are mainly targeted for
R&D facilities or lower current applications, while the original IBA Dynamitron will
focus on high current, high throughput applications,” he explained.
“Entering such collaboration with IBA allows us to extend our geographical
coverage while offering our users the support and the service of IBA around the
world,” added Mr Kenneth Hsiao, CEO of Dasheng.
Dasheng E-beam accelerators and IBA Dynamitrons are state of the art
accelerators designed for both industrial processing and research applications.
Wire and cable insulation crosslinking with electron beam improves cables
insulation strength, durability and resistance with higher standards than any
other technology. Every year, a greater percentage of automotive and aeronautics
cables are treated with electron beam processing.
IBA Industrial – Belgium Fax: +32 1047 5992
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