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Cicoil can truly say that its technology is out of this world. For the
American company has recently taken possession of a flat cable
harness it built in the 1960s which was used on the Apollo 9 space
walk.
The company bought back the bio-harness assembly in a recent
NASA Apollo space program auction. The 26 inch long electrical
biomedical harness was worn by Commander JimMcDivitt during
the ten-day flight. You can read the full story on page 9.
A little closer to home, many companies are now preparing
themselves for the largest exhibition in the wire and cable
calendar – wire 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 4
th
to 8
th
April.
The week-long exhibition attracts thousands of visitors and
exhibitors towhat is undoubtedly the largest show in the calendar.
Some of the American exhibitors can be found in our special
preview, which starts on page 40. If you are attending and have
not submitted your editorial yet, send it to
david@intras.co.uknow for inclusion in the April issue of
wiredInUSA
.
David Bell
Editor
#57
EDITOR
wiredInUSA - March 2016
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