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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2010
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The Wire Association International’s
Wire Expo 2010 and WAI’s 80
th
Annual
Convention were co-located with
the National Electrical Wire Processing
Technology Expo in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin in May 2010.
A total of 2,931 participants attended
the event, benefitting from crossover
access between shows. Wire Expo
registration showed 1,457 participants
from 38 states and 21 countries. Early
reports suggest that the concentrated
agenda (exhibit days were condensed
from three to two) and the coordinated
scheduling with the American Wire
Producers Association’s new Long
Product Supply Chain Symposium, had
a very positive reception.
WAI president, Dane G Armendariz
noted: “scheduling three industry
events within the same week helped a
lot of visitors justify their trip to
Milwaukee. The two-day exhibit format
worked very well and with the
convenience of the co-location we saw
a steady flow of traffic between the
shows on both days.”
Highlights to Wire Expo’s 20
th
anniversary event included:
Guided facility tours of the
•
Rockwell Automation and Charter
Steel plants
30 technical paper presentations
•
and the Phosphating 101 class
The Annual Awards Breakfast
•
honouring the Donnellan Memorial
Award winner Brian Bouvier and
the Mordica Memorial Award
winner Professor Javier Gil
Sevillano, as well as technical
paper authors
The Fundamentals of Wire
•
Manufacturing course
Live
production
solutions
•
demonstrations
WAI’s 5
•
th
Annual 5K road race,
sponsored by Leoni Wire Inc
“This event marked a first-time
co-location between Wire Expo and the
National Electrical Wire Processing
Technology Expo,” said Steven J
Fetteroll, WAI executive director.
“We are pleased by the cohesiveness
of the combined events. We’re also
especially gratified by the early
feedback from a number of
key exhibitors and the positive
responses we’ve received from local
attendees.”
The Wire Association International
– USA
Fax
: +1 203 453 8384
Website
:
www.wirenet.orgWire Expo 2010 and the annual
convention paired shorter stay with
show co-location
Dr Horace Pops led the Production Solutions demonstration on wire breaks at the Properzi International booth
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