WCA November 2015

Industry news

New members for CCCA

“Wonderful Hi-Tech is fully committed to the CCCA values and we look forward to contributing to the CCCA activities on the many important issues affecting the structured cabling market.” CCCA – USA Website : www.cccassoc.org New marketing director NDC Technologies has appointed Dr Ian B Benson as marketing director. He was previously global sales and marketing director for the company’s food and bulk business. He will be responsible for the development and execution of the company’s marketing strategy for its measurement and control solutions serving the food, bulk, packaging, cable, metals and tubing industries. NDC Technologies – USA Website : www.ndc.com

counterfeit cable manufacturers use an inferior pull box knockoff prone to tangling and kinking,” said Timothy Copp, vice president of business development at Reelex. “As the inventor and licensor of the pull box package so many installers are familiar with, it’s important for us to educate installers on the role knockoff packaging plays in the counterfeit cable conversation. “Our membership in CCCA will add value for us with support on these issues and we look forward to joining the education campaign.” Wonderful Hi-Tech, established in 1978, is a publicly held corporation headquartered in Taiwan, with ten manufacturing sites across China, Thailand and Vietnam, and sales offices in Asia, Europe and North America. About the company’s new membership, director Paul Chang said:

REELEX Packaging Solutions Inc of Patterson, New York, USA, and Wonderful Hi-Tech of Taiwan are the latest corporations in the structured cabling industry to join the Communications Cable and Connectivity Association (CCCA). As a non-profit association now comprising 28 prominent manu- facturers, distributors and material suppliers, CCCA serves as a major resource for well-researched, science- based information on the technologies and issues vital to the industry. CCCA has an on-going education campaign on one of those issues – the widespread proliferation of counterfeit, sub-standard and non- compliant communications cables, which pose a threat to safety, connectivity performance and installer liability. “Many CCCA members are already licensees and users of Reelex packaging technology, while most

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