wiredinUSA February 2014

Donnellan memorial award

Chemetall’s Dane Armendariz, industry manager, cold forming, has been announced as this year’s recipient of the Donnellan memorial award, presented to an individual in recognition of outstanding contributions in thewire and cable industry. He has been amember of Wire Association International since 1993, serving as president in 2010 and with two terms on the board of directors. He has served on the executive committee, the oversight committee, co-chaired the conference programming committee and was chairman of the suppliers management

committee from 1996 until the committee was recognized. He also served on the exhibition planning committee and was a member of the Interwire site evaluation task force in 2004. In addition to serving as the 2005 Interwire committee chairman, he was on the organizing committees for Interwire in 1999 and Wire Expo in 1998 and 2004. He participated in the 2003 establishment of WAI's Ohio chapter, where he served both as a board member and secretary for the chapter, and was a long-term advisor for the Wire Journal International.

wiredInUSA - February 2014

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