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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2010

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Industry

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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.org

Wire 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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