WCA July 2016

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Centenary celebrations for Ideal ❍ A glance through the past 100 years at Ideal Industries

example, its wire strippers have been used on many commercial jets flying today; and its products have even been to the moon as part of the critical equipment on NASA missions. In the past 100 years, Ideal has grown to become a major manufacturer of portable test equipment with true heritage and expertise in both LAN and WAN installation and maintenance. Through its Networks brand it now supplies data cable testers, network testers and telecom/enterprise testers all over the world. “Innovation and quality have been central to everything Ideal Industries has done over the past century. As we reach this important milestone, Ideal Networks continues its commitment to offering both a range of unique, effective products and leading customer service,” said Tim Widdershoven, global marketing manager for Ideal Networks. Ideal Industries – USA Website : www.idealindustries.com Hatebur’s deal for Calvi The Swiss forming machinery specialist, Hatebur Umformmaschinen AG, has agreed to buy Carlo Salvi SpA, a cold forming machine builder based in Garlate, Italy. The two firms explained that Hatebur will buy all the shares of privately held Carlo Salvi, and that the organisation’s locations and employees will continue unchanged. Carlo Salvi develops and manufactures cold forming machines. It has 92 employees, operating from facilities in Italy, China, the USA and UK. Hatebur Metalforming Equipment Ltd – Switzerland Website : www.hatebur.com

IDEAL Networks celebrates the 100 th birthday of parent company Ideal Industries Inc, which has been designing tools and solutions that make a true difference for millions of professional tradesmen. 100 years ago, founder J Walter Becker launched the Ideal Commutator Dresser Company from his mother’s kitchen with the belief that every product should be worth more than its price. Service, he said, is part of the product. Since then, Ideal Industries has grown into an authority on electrical installation and testing. In its 100 years of business it has acquired several other companies including the LAN tester division of Acterna (formally Wavetek), and a major ATM, xDSL, SDH/Sonet, Gigabit Ethernet, and IP hand-held testing equipment provider, Trend Communications. Ideal Industries has achieved many industry firsts and was proud to launch the market’s first hand-held Cat 5 cable certifier (LANTech 100) in 1993. Since then it has released the first tester for Class F/FA, the first dedicated tester for Cat 6A cabling, the first tester to include a tone generator and colour screen, and the first tester to have an autotest button on the remote to save time. Today, it continues to develop the iconic products and practical technology demanded by critical industries like data communications, aerospace, electrical, wire processing, automotive, construction and more. There are now eight companies in the Ideal group, trading worldwide across six continents. Many important sectors have Ideal to thank in part for their progress. For

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