wiredinUSA November 2011

DuPont Kevlar plant

Jersey Strand extends the team

Superior appointments

Superior Essex Inc has named Justin F Deedy Jr for the new position of chief operating officer. Mr Deedy has been with the company for over 30 years, serving in multiple executive positions including EVP, business and corporate development and president Superior Essex communications. In his COO role, Mr Deedy will have responsibility for the four operating divisions Deedy’s appointment, Tim Waldner has been named president Superior Essex communications and EVP Superior Essex Inc. Mr Waldner has been with Superior Essex for 12 years and most recently held the position of senior vice president, marketing and product development. of Superior Essex Inc. Concurrent with Mr

Founder and president of Jersey Strand and Cabling, Al Pratt, has appointed Richard Filandro in the role of director of worldwide sales. A mathematician, software engineer and sales professional, Richard holds a bachelor and career as a high school mathematics teacher he moved to a career in business, initially as a software engineer working on graphics manipulation and word processing. Al Pratt said: “Richard brings new perspective here at JSC. His math and science background, coupled with our computer driven manufacturing approach, make a powerful combination”. a masters degree. After a successful

DuPont has dedicated a $500 million expansion of a South Carolina plant to boost the company’s production of Kevlar, a fiber used in products from bulletproof vests to fiber optic cable. The company said the new plant, about 30 miles from Charleston, combined with a recent $50 million expansion of a plant in Richmond, Virginia, will increase production by about 25 percent. Over the next two years the company plans other improvements to increase Kevlar productivity by a total of 40 percent.

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