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The three-day event will include an afternoon
of open committee meetings (membership,
PC strand, and stainless) as well as executive
committee and government relations advisory
committee meetings. Business meetings will
include the election of directors and officers,
and a discussion of the projects that AWPA will
take up, on behalf of its members, during the
coming year.
Cocktail and beach parties, a golf tournament,
awards dinner and a spouse/guest program
will offer light relief from the general sessions,
planned to cover the economy, and the
current legislative and regulatory environment.
Janet Kopenhaver, AWPA director of government
affairs, will brief delegates on developments
since the 2012 elections, and what to expect
from Congress in 2013.
The 2013 program will also include the popular
‘panel of industryexperts’ thatwill addressglobal
rod supply. Executives from a wire company,
US carbon and stainless rod mills, and a trading
company will provide insight into the current
rod market and the supply and demand issues
that face the wire industry.
Further details and registration are available
at the American Wire Producers Association
website.
AWPA
February
meeting
The American Wire Producers
Association (AWPA)
will hold its next annual meeting
from 18th to 20 th February, at the Hilton
Bonnet Creek, Orlando.