wiredinUSA January 2012

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#07 EDITOR

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

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