Points Meeting for Wire Expo 2022 to be held Dec. 2
11/4/21 – WAI will stage the booth selection process for Wire Expo 2022 on Dec. 2 at WAI’s headquarters in Madison, Connecticut. The process, known as the Points Meeting, will see the booths assigned based on the WAI’s established priority point program. Representatives from companies with the highest accumulation of points from past participation will be […]
WAI Clockwinding tradition continues
11/4/21 – Martin Thacker, who was the British representative for WAI’s 2020 Clockwinding ceremony, will repeat that remote service at the WAI’s board of directors meeting on Nov. 17. It will be posted later in the month. Thacker’s grandfather was a wiredrawer in Sheffield, and his father worked for Markham and Company Limited, as did his […]
New England golf tourney: a taste of normalcy
10/1/21 The story of the New England Chapter’s golf tournament was about the event, but more importantly for the 130 players, it was the ability to once again share an experience with their peers. Kudos go to the winning team of Craig Watterson, FENN; Ryan Cutter, FENN; Harry Lindroth, CT Spring & Stamping; and Kevin […]
WAI’s Board of Directors cancels Interwire 2021; Industry 4.0 virtual conference set for Oct. 26-27, 2021
9/10/21 – The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc. is the host of the biennial Interwire trade exposition and conference that historically draws visitors from 50 countries which include exhibitors, attendees, speakers, and sponsors. The climbing Covid-19 counts and corresponding employee health and safety measures have led WAI’s Board of Directors to vote to cancel this year’s […]
WAI New England Chapter issues 5 college scholarships for 2021
9/8/21 – The Association’s New England Chapter has chosen the five below students to each receive a 2021 scholarship of $2,500. Ana Aguilar, the daughter of Alberto Aguilar, president of Carris Reels, will be attending Clemson. She plans to study business marketing. Connor Hartline, the son of Christopher Hartline, vice president of operations at RichardsApex, will […]
Update your WAI Reference Guide listing!
9/8/21 – Companies can now either enter or update their company profiles for the 2022 edition of the Wire Journal International Reference Guide and WAI’s online Industry Search.The new and updated entries, free, will be accepted until Nov. 30, 2021, for the printed publication. An instructional video on submitting a free listing is at wirenet.org: […]
WAI names new staffer, a proven intern who will serve multiple Association roles
June 4, 2021 The Wire Association International is pleased to announce that on May, 17, 2021, John Markowski officially became the manager for membership and social media. It’s a familiar role for Markowski as he has been a member of the WAI staff since he joined as an intern in April 2018. He served in […]
Interwire returns in October as 1st-ever Industry 4.0 pavilion gathers momentum
June 4, 2021 Interwire returns in October as 1st-ever Industry 4.0 pavilion gathers momentumThe show goes on for the Interwire Trade Exposition—the longest running and largest wire and cable industry trade show in the Americas—October 26-27, 2021 at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Following the event postponement from May to October, positive signs […]
Webinar by labor attorney focused on company concerns related to Covid 19
May 17, 2021.–A May 6 webinar by WAI’s New England Chapter featured labor attorney Katherine Witherspoon Fry, who discussed a number of legal issues stemming from Covid-19. Fry discussed topics from the importance of a company enforcing its Covid-19 rules and allowing sales visits in a plant to use of tax credits for employee sick […]
Interwire 2021: registration is open
Madison, Connecticut, USA – May 10, 2021 – Interwire 2021: registration is openIt is with great pleasure that WAI announces that registration—at www.interwire21.com—is now officially open for Interwire 2021, which returns to the Georgia World Congress Center at the rescheduled dates of Oct. 26-27. At press time, the good news has been that aside from […]
