WCA July 2010

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A new president for FTTH Council Europe

Chris Holden has been elected as the next president of the board at the Fibre to the Home Council Europe, becoming the fifth person to hold this position since the Council was founded in 2004. Chris Holden replaces outgoing president Karel Helsen. Chris Holden continues in his current role as strategic marketing manager carrier EMEA with Corning Ltd after a long career in various managerial positions in the telecommunications industry. Since joining the FTTH Council Europe in 2005, Chris has been an extremely active member of several committees. In April 2008 he was elected as chairman of the development and operations committee, and in April 2009 as board member of the FTTH Council Europe. In his farewell message Helsen said: “The FTTH Council Europe can be proud of its achievements to date, with the yearly conference as its flagship event. This conference is now the biggest FTTH Conference worldwide and stands in the spotlight of the international media. I strongly believe that fibre access will boost a whole suite of new services and applications. The strategy of the FTTH Council Europe 2015 reflects this development and I am sure that the council will be very successful in attracting new members from these industries.” “The council has made good progress over the past year,” said Hartwig Tauber, director general of the FTTH Council Europe. “Our members are feeling positive about the future, particularly after the FTTH conference in Lisbon last February, which attracted a record number of delegates. High-speed broadband has become a topic of national significance in recent years, and the Council’s message – that FTTH is a future-proof solution for delivering broadband – is more important and relevant than ever.” IBA enters into an exclusive agreement with Dasheng IBA has extended its offering by adding the Dasheng Electron beam accelerators to its portfolio of high current IBA-Dynamitron ® (formerly called RDI Dynamitron ® ). As of 1 st April 2010, IBA will be the exclusive distributor of the Dasheng E-beam accelerators outside of China. IBA will also be responsible for providing installation and support services to Dasheng E-beam accelerator customers outside of China. “Not only will this collaboration extend our IBA Dynamitron portfolio but Dasheng will also bring in the collaboration its expertise in cable and heat-shrink products, reel-to-reel under beam systems, irradiation process and related compounds,” said Serge Lamisse, president of IBA Industrial. “Our customers will have access to both product lines. Dasheng E-beam accelerators are mainly targeted for R&D facilities or lower current applications, while the original IBA Dynamitron will focus on high current, high throughput applications,” he explained. “Entering such collaboration with IBA allows us to extend our geographical coverage while offering our users the support and the service of IBA around the world,” added Mr Kenneth Hsiao, CEO of Dasheng. Dasheng E-beam accelerators and IBA Dynamitrons are state of the art accelerators designed for both industrial processing and research applications. Wire and cable insulation crosslinking with electron beam improves cables insulation strength, durability and resistance with higher standards than any other technology. Every year, a greater percentage of automotive and aeronautics cables are treated with electron beam processing. FTTH Council Europe – Belgium Fax : +32 2503 2277 Email : info@ftthcouncil.eu Website : www.ftthcouncil.eu

IBA Industrial – Belgium

Fax : +32 1047 5992

Email : industrial.eu@iba-group.com

Website : www.iba-industrial.com

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