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News
Corporate
The Wire & Cable Manufacturers’ Alliance
has announced the recipients of its 2016
Distinguished Career Award.
The 32nd annual awards dinner and
investiture ceremony will take place on 7th
May 2016, in Hartford, Connecticut, USA,
at the Connecticut Convention Center.
The recipients are: Doug Brenneke,
vice president R&D, chief technology
officer, Belden; Peter Chase, executive
chairman, Chase Corporation; Tom Jordan,
president & CEO, T & T Marketing Inc;
Mike Mennone, vice president/general
manager-nuclear division, RSCC Wire &
Cable; Michael Monti, vice president of
manufacturing, industrial, construction
and speciality products, General Cable
Corp; Rahul Sachdev, executive vice
president, Wire & Plastic Machinery
Corp; Carlos Sanchez, vice president and
general manager, electrical wires division
North America, Nexans Canada; and
Peter Schlichting, president, Quirk Wire
Company Inc.
The Wire & Cable Manufacturers’ Alliance
continues the over 30-year tradition
of recognising industry professionals,
started by the late Dick and Harriet
Callahan, founders of the Wire & Cable
Clubs of America.
Nominations for this award are received
from the WCMA website. Candidates are
first reviewed by a committee of prior
award recipients through a ballot process.
The WCMA board of directors then makes
final selections based on an individual’s
character, credibility, and commercial or
technical contributions during their career.
The WCMA was established in June 2004
as a non-profit association to succeed the
Wire & Cable Clubs of America.
WCMA is a corporate membership
organisation for manufacturers of low
to high voltage electrical, electronic
and fibre optic wire and cable with an
established manufacturing base in North
America, as well as industry suppliers,
service providers, affiliated companies
and organisations serving the cable
manufacturing and processing industry.
WCMA produces premier events that
bring owners, executives and key
managers together for networking, the
exchange of information, and to promote
the wire and cable industry.
TheWire & Cable Manufacturers’
Alliance – USA
Website:
Distinguished career award recipients named
Eastern sales manager
MicroCare Corp has appointed
Rick Hoffman as eastern regional
sales manager. With over 30 years
of industrial sales experience, he
understands the cleaning needs of
many industries, including wafer
fab, aerospace, electronics assembly,
telecommunications and medical
device makers. Graduating from Bentley
University, near Boston, USA, in 1985,
Mr Hoffman is married and lives in the
Boston area.
MicroCare Corp – USA
Website: