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Chemetall’s Dane Armendariz, industry
manager, cold forming, has been
announced as this year’s recipient of the
Donnellan memorial award, presented to
an individual in recognition of outstanding
contributions in thewire and cable industry.
He has been amember of Wire Association
International since 1993, serving as
president in 2010 and with two terms on
the board of directors. He has served on
the executive committee, the oversight
committee, co-chaired the conference
programming committee and was
chairman of the suppliers management
committee from 1996 until the committee
was recognized. He also served on the
exhibition planning committee and was
a member of the Interwire site evaluation
task force in 2004.
In addition to serving as the 2005 Interwire
committee chairman, he was on the
organizing committees for Interwire in
1999 and Wire Expo in 1998 and 2004. He
participated in the 2003 establishment of
WAI's Ohio chapter, where he served both
as a board member and secretary for the
chapter, and was a long-term advisor for
the Wire Journal International.
Donnellan memorial award