WCN Autumn 2010

wire/Tube Düsseldorf 2010

In a moving tribute that produced a standing ovation Stephen Wood made a special presentation to Don Tucker for his 40 years involvement with the IWMA and his many years of service on the Executive Board, as a past chairman (1980-83) and as chairman of the TSC (since 1984). Don first became involved with the IWMA through his then employer and IWMA founder member Warbrick (Engineering Specialities) Ltd before setting up his own business, TM Associates, in 1981.

The anniversary dinner attracted more than 270 members and VIP guests, including the one surviving founder of the WMA (the original name of the IWMA) Bill Merchant, who was the guest of honour. In his speech at the dinner IWMA chairman Stephen Wood recognised and paid tribute to the representatives of other important industry organisations, to the travel award winners and to Messe Düsseldorf’s key personnel. Together with Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) chairman Don Tucker he presented the 2010 Harry W Bennett Non-Ferrous and Ferrous speaker awards respectively to: Sean Harrington of Ceeco Bartell Machinery Systems, winner of the Walter ▲ ▲ Niehoff Non-Ferrous Trophy Sean Harrington, Ceeco Bartell Machinery Systems, • Canada, for his paper at the Istanbul Cable & Wire conference in November last year: “Reducing cost in manufacturing compact conductors using roll form stranding”

Düsseldorf 2010 was a very eventful exhibition – in more ways than one. The next edition, wire/Tube Düsseldorf 2012, will be held slightly earlier in the year from 26 th to 30 th March 2012. Within days of the end of this year’s trade fair the IWMA was already receiving requests for reservations of space in the association’s exhibitor group area, clearly demonstrating the continuing importance of this exhibition and that it will take much more than volcanic dust to diminish wire Düsseldorf’s reputation as the pre-eminent show for the wire industry. Don Tucker, recipient of a special award from the IWMA for 40 years of ▲ ▲ outstanding service to the association

C Coffin, D King, H Depamelaere, W van Raemdonck • (who collected the award on behalf of all the co-authors), NV Bekaert sa, Belgium, for their paper also at Istanbul last year: “Evaluation of high temperature behaviour of Zn and ZnAl coatings on core wires and strands for ACSR, ACSS and alike overhead power conductors.” IWMA Technical Sub-Committee chairman Don Tucker (left) with chairman ▲ ▲ Stephen Wood and Walter Niehoff Ferrous Trophy Award winner Walther van Raemdonck (right), representing NV Bekaert at the anniversary dinner

Friedrich Kehrer (left) and Joachim Schafer (centre) of Messe Düsseldorf help ▲ ▲ IWMA chairman Stephen Wood cut the birthday cake they presented to the association at its wire Düsseldorf anniversary dinner

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