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It was with deep regret that the
IWMA recently announced the death
of Michael (Mike) Murphy.
Rea Industrial Handling Ltd, for
whom Mike worked for many years,
was a member of the International
Wire Machinery Association and in
1980 Mike was appointed as its
representative to the Executive
Committee. He remained in this
capacity until 1994.
During his term of office Mike was
appointed to the Technical Papers
Award Team, where his technical
experience was invaluable in the
selection of the technically most
important paper presented at IWMA
conference in that particular year.
In 1993, as a result of the merger of
Rea Industrial Handling Ltd with
Johnson Technology Ltd, Mike
transferred his technical skills to
Johnson’s where he was appointed
technical manager, taking on the
responsibilities of machine design
and development, and technical
sales duties. He travelled exten-
sively throughout South East Asia
and Australasian areas as well as
the UK and Ireland.
Unfortunately Mike had been ill for
a long time, but even so he could
always be relied upon to provide a
funny story and to act in a jocular
manner. He will be sorely missed
by his family and his colleagues in
our industry.
IWMA – UK
Website:
Michael (Mike)
Murphy With effect from 1st July 2009, SKET
Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH will be
taking over production of braiding and
spiralling machines from Wardwell
Europe GmbH (formerly Spirka and
Schnellflechter Berlin). Production of
the traditional brands will continue in
Berlin in the newly established Spirka-
Schnellflechter GmbH, which will also
take over all orders received by
Wardwell Europe GmbH up to the
takeover date and will fulfill these with
the agreed terms.
Exclusive production rights for
Wardwell Europe GmbH, and therefore
also for the Spirka and Schnellflechter
brands, are now held by Spirka-
Schnellflechter GmbH.
Spirka-Schnellflechter GmbH –
Germany
Fax: +49 30 549918 45
Email:
Website:
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