WJI March 2019 Feature Sample

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Atlanta: new design & potential Interwire and the Global Continuous Casting Forum will soon return to the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, where attendees will find that the collective events have been recreated to optimize the scope and value.

A key attraction of the event—the largest such wire and cable trade show in the Americas—will always be the show floor. As of press time some 400 suppliers were committed, including dozens of new exhibitors and returning exhibitors that have been absent the last few shows. Their collective technology and services of exhibitors will be laid throughout Hall A1 and A2, but there will also be a new show floor feature, one with a “marquee” flair.

A decision was made to re-create the non-trade show elements, a challenge undertaken by the WAI Educa-

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tion Committee, whose volunteers believe in “practical” stuff. Their discussions led to the creation of the Technical Program and the Interwire Conference. The former embodies the traditional technical presentations, but it also includes a guest speaker. One goal was to make it easier for attendees to take part in the Technical Program. That, in turn, led to the creation of the Sonoco Theater, which will be impossible to miss on the show floor.

Meanwhile, the Interwire Conference was created to focus on more business-oriented and operational topics.

Besides hosting the Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing course on Monday, May 13, it has a lineup of savvy industry speakers and panelists—ferrous, electrical and general—that attendees will want to hear.

The below elements require attendees to select “Conference Registration” when registering.See p. 68 for more details on the speakers and topics.

Individual speakers. Keynote Dr. Shawn DuBravac: The Future of Wire and Cables in a Connected World • Leggett & Platt CEO & President Karl G. Glassman • Industry Analyst Philip Radbourne • Insteel CEO H. Woltz III • Prysmian Group North America Head of Operations Giacomo Sofia Sector Insights/Forecast participants. Champlain Cable Corp. President William Reichert • Dekoron Wire & Cable President Brian Parsons • Minnesota Wire President & CEO Paul Wagner Operations Innovations Panelists. Mid-South Wire Executive Vice President Andy Talbot • Nexans Vice President and General Manager Dave Hawker • Insteel Wire Products Vice President and General Manager Richard Wagner • Southwire Company Senior Vice President Tom Heberling • Cimteq Ltd. Principal Ali Shehab Industry 4.0. Oden Technologies CEO William Sundblad

Technical Program

Staging the below elements, and more, in the Sonoco Theater, makes it accessible for attendees to see presentations without having to leave the show floor. The exhibit floor and designated programs located within are all inclusive, including “Exhibits Only” attendees.

Sonoco Theater presentations. The Mordica Lecture

by Walther Van Raemdonck • 14 technical papers • Closing Session by Guest Speaker Ross Bernstein: The Champion’s Code

The return of the GCCF, and more

In addition to the above elements, the third staging of the Global Continuous Casting Forum looks to be the largest one yet. More than 40 scheduled presentations will delve into copper and aluminum technology.

There will also be a fastener presence at Atlanta, as joining Interwire will be the International Fastener Manufacturing Exposition (IFME). The April issue will present a separate preview of this event. The WAI will return to the College Football Hall of Fame for its Welcome Reception, while behind the scenes, WAI committee volunteers will be in various planning meetings to determine the future direction of the Association.

And, as ever, the city of Atlanta is there to be enjoyed, while a slew of industry opportunities will be waiting for you to discover them.

Table of Contents Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Conference Planning Committee . . . . . . . . . 38 Interwire Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Global Continuous Casting Forum Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 New & Noteworthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Event Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 City of Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Education Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Exhibition Planning Committee . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Keynote Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 WAI Member Rewards & Annual Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Mordica Memorial Award Winner . . . . . . . . . 52 Donnellan Memorial Award Winner . . . . . . . . 53 Interwire Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 WAI Life/25-Year Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Global Continuous Casting Forum . . . . . . . . 58 Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing. . . . . . 66 WAI Operations Summit: Conference Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Technical Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Production Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Alphabetical/Numerical List of Exhibitors . . 78 Preview of Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Floor Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Exhibitors’ Product Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . 174

If it sounds like there’s a lot going on, there is, so do see the “Event Summary” on p. 46 as it is a reader-friendly view of what will be happening.

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