EoW March 2011

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EuroWire – March 2011 24
corporate news
New site
goes live
In the
hot seat
Dominique Perroud began
his one-year termas president
of the Wire Association
International (WAI) on 1 st
January.
Perroudwill serve as chairman
of the Board of Directors
and as the 57th president of
the 81-year-old association,
which is headquartered in
Guilford, Connecticut, and
has a subsidiary office in
Pune, India.
Continuing the efforts
of his predecessor, 2010
WAI President Dane
Armendariz, Perroud will
lead the association’s growth
initiatives.
Organisational priorities for
2011 include the logistics
associated with hosting
Interwire 2011and the Global
Continuous Casting Forum in
Atlanta, Georgia, USA; as well
as developing new product
and service offerings for WAI’s
member and volunteer base,
and network of international
constituents.
Perroud, a WAI member
since 2000, has served on
the Association’s Board
of Directors, its Executive
Committee, and on multiple
committees and task forces.
Wire Association
International – USA
Fax: +1 203 453 8384
Email:
Website:
Modular Wiring
Systems, a
subsidiary of
electrical cable
manufacturer
Tratos Ltd, has
launched its new
website, www.
modularwiring.
com
Providing
a valuable
resource, the
website explains
what modular
wiring systems
are for those
unfamiliar with
the concept
as well as the
benefits of such
systems over
traditional fixed
installations.
Association’s
new president
Dominique Perroud ▲ ▲
Essen, Germany-based Evonik
Industries has succeeded in
implementing the expansion of
its laurolactam capacity in Marl.
Laurolactam is the starting
material for polyamide 12,
which the Group markets as
a construction material and
as a powder: VESTAMID® and
VESTOSINT®, respectively.
To ease the supply situation of
polyamide 12-based molding
compounds Evonik will further
increase its laurolactam
capacity, as announced
in November. Evonik is
strengthening its leading
global market position in
polyamide 12 and is offering
its customers supply security,
both now and in the future.
Beginning with butadiene,
Evonik produces laurolactam
in a multi-step process
and then polymerises and
compounds it to yield
an extensive range of
polyamide 12 products
precisely customised to the
requirements of processors
and end users.
Thanks to its properties,
VESTAMID® applications
run the gamut from
sophisticated line systems
for motor vehicles, through
large-volume pipes used
in crude oil production,
wire insulation in the cable
industry, and catheters
in medical technology, to
precision injection-moulded
parts such as pump impellers
and control-valve housings
in machine and equipment
manufacture.
VESTOSINT® is used to coat
metal parts and wire products
such as dishwasher racks.
Evonik Industries AG –
Germany
Fax: +49 201 177 3475
Email :
Website:
Expansion for Evonik
Tarun Daga,
managing
director of the
the Tinplate
Company of
India Limited
(TCIL), has been
re-nominated
to continue as
chairman of its
Tinplate Group.
Mr Daga has
been an active
supporter of the
Tinplate Group,
which represents
a powerful
network for the
tinplate industry,
encouraging
collaboration
on priority
technology issues
and interaction
with other
networks.
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