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Industry News
JB CONANT has joined Wachs Water
Services as the regional business
development manager for Texas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Based
near Dallas, Texas, Mr Conant will be
working closely with clients and partners
in the region to identify and deliver proven
asset management services, including
pipeline condition assessment, control point
management (valves and hydrants) and
information services associated with GIS/
CMMS systems.
Mr Conant has a proven track record
in the industry and most recently held a
business development role at Suncoast
Infrastructure Inc focusing on sanitary
sewer inspections and sewer system
rehabilitation including CIPP and protective
epoxy coatings. JB Conant also has
15 years of experience in underground
water piping systems including extensive
knowledge of fire hydrants and gate valves
acquired during his time spent with US
Pipe & Foundry.
Wachs Water Services – USA
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First ever
BLECH
Nordic
announced
WITH BLECH Nordic Mack Brooks
Exhibitions offers a new trade exhibition,
Business development manager appointed
geared towards the Northern European
sheet metal working industry. The first
BLECH Nordic, Exhibition for Sheet
Metal Working, will be held from 4-7
October 2011, at Stockholmsmässan, in
Stockholm, Sweden.
The Nordic countries are generally
regarded as a highly stable economic
region with excellent infrastructure and
state-of-the-art logistics centres.
Metal production is a traditional industry
there and several major manufacturers of
sheet metal working machinery are based
in this region.
The most important customers of
machine tools for sheet metal working are
the ship-building and offshore industries,
construction, civil engineering and the
automotive industry.
BLECH Nordic 2011 will take place
alongside the Scandinavian Technical
Fair, the renowned trade exhibition for
the Scandinavian manufacturing industry,
featuring some 300 exhibitors and some
25,000 trade visitors.
BLECH Nordic – Sweden
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