I CANNOT start my column in this issue without
wishing you all a happy and prosperous new
year.
2012 will be, without doubt, an important year.
wire 2012 in Düsseldorf looms rather large at the
moment and with more than 1,000 companies
already registered this promises to be an
encouraging exhibition in the first three months
of the year for the wire and cable industry.
There is certainly no shortage of new orders
and contracts being awarded. One of the most
impressive reported on in this issue is the
replacement of all 592 vertical suspender ropes
on the George Washington Bridge in New York
(see page 9). This is the first time that this has
happened since 1931 when the bridge was
opened to traffic.
Equally impressive is the care being shown in
protecting the sea bed breeding ground of lobsters
from the Deepwater Wind Farm to Block Island
on the US east coast (see page 18). Big business
is going out of its way in protecting the lobsters
while laying a 15-mile undersea cable, ensuring
the protection of the delicate sea bed and
wildlife and encouraging alternative power use.
Also keep an eye out for the Boeing story on
page 19 as they install a solar rooftop at the
Boeing assembly plant – big enough to provide
power for about 870 homes!
David Bell
Editor
#07
EDITOR
wiredInUSA - January 2012
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