WCA March 2020

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platform, a template for doing business, that allows us to take advantage of the best throughout our company and add new businesses quickly when the opportunity arises,” said Mr Bill. “The phrase I’ve adopted is ‘we are making one plus one equal three’.” Through employee-ownership Wire Experts Group allows its employees to directly benefit from the success of the business. Wire Experts Group www.wireexperts.com Pelican Wire https://pelicanwire.com Pelican Holdings becomes Wire Experts Group

WITH effect from 1 January, Pelican Holdings Group, Inc has changed its name to Wire Experts Group, Inc, as the new parent company of Pelican Wire, Rubadue Wire and Precision Resistance Technologies. “This updated brand for our company better captures the intent to be the solution provider for wire and cable products for our customers,” stated Ted Bill, CEO of Wire Experts Group. “Pelican Wire and Rubadue Wire will continue to be our go-to-market brands; however, this new corporate brand will be our guide as we look to grow our business organically and through acquisition. We wanted a strong overall brand that speaks to our experience and expertise.” While customers and most suppliers will continue to do business with the Pelican Wire and Rubadue Wire business units as normal, there will be occasional co-branding placement, such as to emphasise the strength of each business unit as part of a larger team. “One of our goals is to create a Online competition to detect and classify defects in steel PAO Severstal, a steel and steel-related mining company, has held a public online competition to help engineers improve its algorithms for detecting defects in steel. The production process of flat sheet steel is delicate: from heating and rolling to drying and cutting, several machines touch flat steel by the time it is ready to ship. Severstal currently uses images taken by high-frequency cameras to power a defect-detection algorithm. In the competition, applicants helped engineers improve the algorithm by localising and classifying surface defects on a steel sheet. Severstal allocated $120,000 of funds in prizes for competitors, including a $20,000 prize for efficiency. PAO Severstal www.severstal.com

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Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2020