SHOW NEWS: Wire Expo Expands Segments

John Wolz

Wire Expo 2004 and the Wire Association International�s 74th annual convention will include the operations managers� meeting of the American Wire Producers Association.
The events will be June 12-16, 2004, at the Cleveland Convention Center.
The program is designed for all segments of the wire and cable manufacturing industry.
Wire Expo highlights include 55 technical paper presentations, a fundamentals of wire manufacturing course, failure analysis course with lab, BCS Cuyahoga ferrous plant tour, ferrous wire operations cost reductions and 260 exhibiting companies.
New business tracks include an executive panel on �Evolving your organization for success,� an industry outlook panel on �state of manufacturing in the U.S.,� a plant management operations panel and a roundtable talk on patents.
Sponsors include the Industrial Fasteners Institute, American Society of Metallurgists, Society of Plastics Engineers, Wire & Cable Industry Suppliers Association and the Association Nacional de Transformadores de Acero of Mexico.
For information contact WAI. Tel: 203 453-2777 Fax 203 453-8384 Web: wirenet.org \ �2004 FastenerNews.com