EuroWire March 2016

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WCMA produces premier events that bring owners, executives and key managers together for networking, the exchange of information, and to promote the wire and cable industry. TheWire & Cable Manufacturers’ Alliance – USA Website : www.wcmainc.org Distinguished career award recipients named Eastern sales manager MicroCare Corp has appointed

continues the over 30-year tradition of recognising industry professionals, started by the late Dick and Harriet Callahan, founders of the Wire & Cable Clubs of America. Nominations for this award are received from the WCMA website. Candidates are first reviewed by a committee of prior award recipients through a ballot process. The WCMA board of directors then makes final selections based on an individual’s character, credibility, and commercial or technical contributions during their career. The WCMA was established in June 2004 as a non-profit association to succeed the Wire & Cable Clubs of America. WCMA is a corporate membership organisation for manufacturers of low to high voltage electrical, electronic and fibre optic wire and cable with an established manufacturing base in North America, as well as industry suppliers, service providers, affiliated companies and organisations serving the cable manufacturing and processing industry.

The Wire & Cable Manufacturers’ Alliance has announced the recipients of its 2016 Distinguished Career Award. The 32 nd annual awards dinner and investiture ceremony will take place on 7 th May 2016, in Hartford, Connecticut, USA, at the Connecticut Convention Center. The recipients are: Doug Brenneke, vice president R&D, chief technology officer, Belden; Peter Chase, executive chairman, Chase Corporation; Tom Jordan, president & CEO, T & T Marketing Inc; Mike Mennone, vice president/general manager-nuclear division, RSCC Wire & Cable; Michael Monti, vice president of manufacturing, industrial, construction and speciality products, General Cable Corp; Rahul Sachdev, executive vice president, Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp; Carlos Sanchez, vice president and general manager, electrical wires division North America, Nexans Canada; and Peter Schlichting, president, Quirk Wire Company Inc.

Rick Hoffman as eastern regional sales manager. With over 30 years of industrial sales experience, he understands the cleaning needs of many industries, including wafer fab, aerospace, electronics assembly, telecommunications and medical device makers. Graduating from Bentley University, near Boston, USA, in 1985, Mr Hoffman is married and lives in the Boston area. MicroCare Corp – USA Website : www.microcare.com

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