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EuroWire – May 2012 16
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There were many reasons for celebrations
at the recent wire 2012 exhibition in
D üsseldorf for the world-leading wire and
cable association, the International Wire
and Machinery Association.
Visitors flocked to the association’s
new-look booth and a large number of
new memberships and over 70 enquiries
were also recorded for the UK-based
association.
In addition to signing up many new
companies, current members – whether
exhibiting or visiting – could take
advantage of the services on offer,
including a comprehensive office service,
multi-lingual staff, Internet, phone,
fax and photocopier, as well as a free
bookable meeting room.
There was also further cause for
celebration at the association’s annual
industry dinner held on the Tuesday
evening. More then 260 guests enjoyed
the dinner, preceded by the formalities
of a number of presentations, made by
association chairman Steve Rika and
president Colin Dawson.
Dr Horst Scheid, from Siebe Engineering,
Germany, collected the association’s
non-ferrous award; while the ferrous
award was shared between R Lux, from
Ilmenau University, Germany, and V
Geinitz, also of Ilmenau University.
The IWMA also made a presentation
to Hannelore Zander, from Messe
D üsseldorf, for her tireless work over the
years assisting the association and its
members over many years.
Joachim Schaefer and Friedrich Kehrer,
both of Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, wire
2012 organisers, joined Mr Rika and Mr
Dawson in making the Travel Award
presentations on Wednesday at the
IWMA booth to:
Stephen Longville, of Cimteq Ltd; Ms
Xing Xiao Zhang, of No.23 Research
Institute, CETC; Benjamin Turner, of
Wintwire; MS Abu Bakar, of Metalube;
Don Teng, of Ugear Automatic
Machinery; Erica Gateley, of Bridon
International; Kamalakannan Elangovan,
of Innovites BV; Lijuan Ma, of Anbao
(Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co Ltd;
William Thomas Binnie, of Kiveton Park
Steel; Chuan Chuan Zheng, of Sinosteel;
and Peng Chan, of Zhengzhou JinDi
Metal.
International Wire and Machinery
Association – UK
Website:
wire 2012 celebrations
for IWMA
▲ ▲ The new-look booth which visitors called at during the exhibition
▲ ▲ IWMA president Colin Dawson, right, presenting
Dr Horst Scheid, of Siebe Engineering, with the
non-ferrous award at the gala dinner