WCA November 2016

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Scholarship in memory of design manager

university student, whom I both embrace.” A scholarship will be awarded to the winner of the competition – which has been publicised on the institutional Mandelli websites as well as on that of Politecnico di Milano Piacenza Branch, of MUSP Consortium of Piacenza and of the Unione Costruttori Italiani di Macchine Utensili (UCIMU) – equal to €5,000 divided into two tranches: the first amounting to €3,000 will be assigned according to the grades obtained during the first year of the Laurea Magistrale, whilst the second, equal to €2,000, will be given when the Laurea Magistrale is awarded, which must be within the academic year in question. This competition will be repeated every year so that the “Ing Francesco Mulazzi” Scholarship will become the occasion for the symbolic handing over of the baton among the students of the second year of Laurea Magistrale in Mechanical Engineering specialising in “Machine Tools and Manufacturing Systems”. Starting from next year, it will be two students who will receive the scholarship: one for students starting the specialisation and the other for those graduating in Laurea Magistrale after specialising in machine tools.

FOLLOWING the death of Francesco Mulazzi, mechanical design manager, Mandelli Sistemi SpA is creating opportunities for study and introduction into the machine tool world for young mechanical engineers. The company, based in Piacenza, Italy, has named a scholarship after Ing Francesco Mulazzi for students who will be attending the Laurea Magistrale in Mechanical Engineering during academic year 2016-2017, specialising in “Machine Tools and Manufacturing Systems” c/o Politecnico di Milano, Piacenza Branch. “The student who will be awarded the scholarship, after graduating in Laurea Magistrale, will have the opportunity of dealing with the labour market thanks to the possibility of carrying out a six-month training internship c/o the Mandelli Sistemi Plant in Piacenza for which an allowance will be given,” explained Saverio Gellini, the Mandelli CEO. “Our intention,” added Andrea Riello, president of Mandelli Sistemi and of Gruppo Riello Sistemi to which the company belongs, “is that of maintaining in time the memory of our colleague who passed away by associating him to the continuous training of young engineers interested in the machine tool world. This same thought was also shared by Francesco’s wife Tiziana and his young daughter Manuela, she too being a

Mandelli Sistemi SpA – Italy Website : www.mandelli.com

❍ Scholarship for an introduction into the machine tool world

Move meets growing demand

take-ups, re-reevers, winches, spoolers, measurers, coilers, and warehouse solutions that include racking and design capabilities. Customers include cable and wire manufacturers and distributors, telecom companies, oil and gas companies, automotive companies, crane and plastic pipe companies. The company manufactures and sells both standard and custom-engineered products. Reel Power International Inc operates one other company, Reel Power Oil & Gas dba Radoil and Tulsa Power Oil & Gas, which services the oil and gas industries. This division recently relocated its manufacturing facility into a brand new, state-of-the-art facility in Houston, Texas, USA. Reel Power International Inc – USA Website : www.reelpower.com

TULSA Power and Reel-O-Matic have moved to a new, larger facility located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. The new 100,000ft 2 building allows for increased manufacturing floor space along with improved workflow and production capabilities. The two companies will now operate under the name Reel Power Wire & Cable dba Reel-O-Matic and Tulsa Power. Reel Power Wire & Cable is owned and managed by Reel Power International Inc. Reel Power (Tulsa Power and Reel-O-Matic) serves the wire and cable industry, with a strong focus of continually providing new product innovations. Reel Power designs and manufactures machinery for reeling, coiling and measuring of wire, cable, pipe, rubber, plastic, tubing, conduit, wire rope, fibre optic material, and any other flexible material. Expertise includes payoffs,

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