wiredinUSA May 2012

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#11 EDITOR

WE’VE all heard of ‘going green’ but scientists are taking it to the limit at the University of California by creating a forest of nanowire trees to harvest solar energy (see page 9). This is just the first of a number of ‘green’ stories in the May issue of wiredInUSA, which also features a look at this year’s Wire Expo taking place later this month in Dallas, Texas. This can be found on page 48. Also on the green side, Cenergy Power has com- pleted a photovoltaic system for almond proces- sor Hughson Nut at its processing facility in Califor- nia (see page 11). This issue is also tinged with sadness with news of the death of Edgar Danciger, founder of Florida Wire and Cable Co. The 94-year-old, who devel- oped new processes for making stranded wire and cable, died after a battle with cancer. You can read the full story on page 14, where he is de- scribed by a longtime friend as ‘amazing’. Not wanting to end on a sad note, congratulations must go to Steve Maguire, president of Maguire Products, who has received the annual Business Management award from the Society of Plastics Engineers (see page 16). David Bell Editor

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