EuroWire May 2018

Corporate News

Wire Expo looms in Nashville

• Fundamentals of wire and cable manufacturing course • Manufacturing management work- shop: Perfecting your leadership qualities • Mordica lecturer Gary L Spence, former vice president at Encore Wire Corporation, discusses continuous cast copper rod processes • Post-show plant tour of the Nissan Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant on Thursday, 17 th May Ask the expert and production solutions demonstrations, popular staples in the exhibit hall, are scheduled on 15 th and 16 th May • The welcome reception on 15 th May, with entertainment sponsored by James Monroe Wire & Cable Corp, will be held on Delta Island within the Gaylord campus • WAI members are invited to attend the WAI rewards breakfast and annual meeting on Wednesday. Wire Association International – USA Website : www.wirenet.org Website : www.wireexpo18.com Additional highlights include: •

services. Wire Expo exhibits are open in the Ryman Convention Hall from 10am to 5pm and 10am to 3pm on 15 th and 16 th May, respectively.

THE Wire Association International (WAI) Inc returns to Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for its biennial Operations Summit & Wire Expo, held in conjunction with its 88 th annual convention. All of the events are hosted at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center. The Summit runs from 14 th to 16 th May, and the exhibits are open on 15 th and 16 th May. Curt Cronin, former Navy SEAL and keynote speaker, will present: “Tapping into Your Potential: Attempting the Absurd and Achieving the Impossible,” on Tuesday, 15 th May at 9am. John T Johnson, owner and president, Mid-South Wire Company, Nashville, and president of the American Wire Producers Association, will deliver opening remarks, also on Tuesday morning. The presentation is open to all conference registrants. More than 150 exhibiting companies will be represented on the exhibit floor. Displays will cover more than 90 product types including wire and cable making machinery, supplies and ancillary equipment, and industry

Education highlights include: • Far-reaching effects of

process

automation

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Intellectual property profits

• Three tools to drive high performance • Employee engagement of wire manufacturing – a Nexans case study • Data-driven safety – a Leggett & Platt case study • Improving safety, quality, productivity and customer service

▲ ▲ The atrium at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center

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