Southeast Chapter confirms that, despite Covid-19, it will award 2021 scholarships
2/10/21 — The WAI’s Southeast Chapter was unable to hold its annual golf tournament in 2020, but its board confirmed at a recent meeting that it will issue four scholarships this year, using saved funds. “As we come out of an uncertain time in 2020, the Southeast Board of Directors is excited to announce that the […]
Poland Chapter changes date for its 9th International Drawing Conference
2/10/21 — The WAI’s Poland Chapter has rescheduled its 9th International Drawing Conference from Oct. 22, 2021, to a date in April 2022, at a new location in Poland. The announcement from Poland Chapter President Jan W. Pilarczyk said that the plan is to now hold the event at the Hotel GALAXY in Krakow. The […]
New England Chapter considering virtual program, welcomes new board members
The board of the directors for the WAI’s New England Chapter met recently to discuss plans for 2021, which included the possibility of holding a technical program. Appropriately, it was a virtual meeting, as the discussion focused on how a program could best be done. The consensus was that, if it deemed possible to do […]
WAI’s Poland Chapter changes date for its 9th International Drawing Conference
The WAI’s Poland Chapter has rescheduled its 9th International Drawing Conference from Oct. 22, 2021, to a date in April 2022, at a new location in Poland. The announcement from Poland Chapter President Jan W. Pilarczyk said that the plan is to now hold the event at the Hotel GALAXY in Krakow. The event date […]
3-part webinar by Dr. Horace Pops sets registration record: closed out at 500
Dr. Horace Pops, the industry guru for fines and wire breaks, destroyed the association record for webinar registration for the first of his three webinars: Annealing, Jan. 27, which had to close on Friday, Jan. 22 because all 500 available slots were filled. Of note, the days that followed brought additional requests. The two other […]
Call for Papers for Interwire 2021
The WAI is seeking technical papers for the Association’s technical program at Interwire 2021, which earlier this year due to Covid-19 was rescheduled from May 10-13 to Oct. 26-27. The WAI is focusing on Industry 4.0 at Interwire, (more on that in future issues), and technical papers that focus on this are being sought. Abstracts […]
New dates set for Interwire 2021, WAI event will remain at Atlanta’s GWCC
WAI’s Board of Directors (BoD) voted unanimously on Dec. 10, 2020, to change the dates from May 11-13, 2021, to Oct. 26-27, 2021. Interwire will return to the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) in Atlanta, when it hosts the Association’s flagship trade exposition in Hall A. The vote culminated a months-long process where staff had […]
Virtual ‘Fundamentals’ program draws well, format likely to return next year
Converting the WAI’s Fundamentals of Wire & Cable Manufacturing Program (Fundamentals) to a virtual form that presented over seven consecutive Wednesdays in September and October was not without occasional technical challenges, but overall, it got a hearty “well done,” based on comments from the participants. The final count for attendance was 119, with participants from […]
Virtual WAI event presented 3 key events
In Covid-19 times, reality often becomes virtual, which is exactly how WAI presented the annual Clockwinding tradition, its annual meeting and the Mordica Lecture on Nov. 11. See p. 6 for related comments by WAI President Jan Sørige. Former WAI President Ron Reed, Lloyd & Bouvier, was physically at the Association’s headquarters in Madison, Connecticut, […]
Wire Expo 2018 site now live
The WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo 2018 event website is now live! Please visit wireexpo18.com for details about convention activities, the event schedule, speakers, workshops, sessions, exhibit descriptions, registration, and lodging information. At this event you will meet influential peers, thought leaders, and wire and cable industry colleagues who are ready to share practical […]
