The WAI’s New England Chapter announced the six 2025 winners of its scholarship program, which includes one candidate who qualified as a sponsored intern. Each scholarship was for $2,500. Jack Bienvenue is the stepson of Walter Parsell, facility…
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The New England Chapter returned to the Tunxis Country Club in Farmington, Connecticut, for its 31st annual golf outing on what proved to be an utterly gorgeous day for the 143 golfers. Coming out on top was the Lloyd & Bouvier team (pictured with…
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Tee time is rapidly approaching for the WAI Southeast Chapter’s 23rd annual golf tournament, to be held Oct. 16 at the Rock Barn Country Club and Spa in Conover, North Carolina. Last year, 96 golfers played at the site, which is host to the Tom…
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The WAI Education Center’s recent two-part webinar on distinguishing high-quality wire dies from substandard ones featured expert insights from Hyperion Materials & Technologies. The first session, “Differentiating High-Quality PCD Wire Dies,”…
Originalartikel lesen: WAI’s 2 September die webinars covered multiple aspects related to the shop-floor

The good news is that the vast majority of the August preview for Wire & Cable Kraków is still accurate. Below are some of the key elements of the international conference to be held Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the Holiday Inn Kraków City Centre in Kraków…
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On Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 11 am EST, WAI will host a live extrusion webinar led by industry expert Rick Chamberlin of Hawkins Consulting, LLC. The fast-paced, 30-minute session will provide practical takeaways while offering a sneak peek of WAI’s four…
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Molex has named Jim Foster as its director of operations at the company’s plant in South Grafton, Massachusetts. He has extensive experience in extrusion, braiding and custom cable manufacturing gained over more than 30 years. That includes working…
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NEC, a leading Asian undersea cable manufacturer and installer, may receive hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies from the Japanese government to acquire specialized cable-laying vessels for digital infrastructure projects. A government…
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NKT A/S, via its Czech subsidiary, NKT s.r.o., is part of an ongoing probe by the Antimonopoly Office (AMO) of the Slovak Republic. In a formal announcement on August 27, NKT confirmed it is part of the investigation into alleged collusion among…
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Case Recruiting recently took over Wire Resources, Inc., a Connecticut-based specialized wire and cable recruiting firm, owned by Peter Carino, a well-known industry recruiter. The new owner, Ryan Case, was led by a third party to Carino, who had…
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Kanthal, a global resistance materials producer, announced that it has inaugurated a new wire manufacturing facility at its Hosur campus in India that features advanced automated processes, advanced die maintenance, fully automated spooling…
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Blachford Chemical Group announced that it has acquired Baum’s Castorine (Baum’s), combining two companies with over 250 years of innovation in specialty chemical manufacturing. A press release said that Baum’s, based in Rome, New York, provides…
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Marlin Steel President Drew Greenblatt was presented the 2025 Metalworking Reshoring Award during an industry ceremony held September 11 in recognition of leadership in reshoring and domestic manufacturing. A press release said that the award, which…
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Charter Steel has significantly expanded its steel wire production capacity in 2025 with a $22.8 million investment focused on its Fostoria, Ohio and Saukville, Wisconsin facilities. A press release said that the expansion includes the installation…
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…the Chicago Tribune, Ars Technica, The Wire China, and NOVA Next, where he was founding editor. De Chant is also a lecturer…
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Leggett & Platt (L&P) recently closed the sale of its Aerospace Products Group (APG), an entity outside of its wire production that makes highly engineered tube and duct assemblies for commercial and military aircraft, as part of the company’s…
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Tele-Fonika Kable has secured a contract to supply the onshore export cable system for Poland’s BC-Wind offshore wind farm. A press release said that the order from Ocean Winds calls for the delivery of approximately 23 km of 275 kV high-voltage…
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Bechem, Germany’s oldest specialty lubricant manufacturer with over 190 years of expertise, announced the acquisition of CLC Lubricants, a U.S.-based producer of industrial oils, metalworking fluids, and cleaners, effective Aug. 8, 2025. A press…
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Governor JB Pritzker joined Manner Polymers, state officials and local leaders on August 28 to cut the ribbon on the company’s new $54 million, 108,000-sq-ft solar-powered manufacturing facility in Mount Vernon, Illinois. A press release said that…
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Hitachi Energy has announced a landmark investment of over $1 billion to expand its power transformer manufacturing capacity for critical electrical grid infrastructure in the U.S. A press release said that a centerpiece of this investment plan is…
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