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Wire Expo 2008 Attendee Information Convention: June 7-11, 2008 Exhibits: June 9-11, 2008 David L. Lawrence Convention Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , USA Visa letter request form T E C H N I CA L I N F O R M A T I O N : Short Course: Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing
LeanSigma® Luncheon & Plant Operations Roundtable C O N V E N T I O N A C T I V I T I E S : IPSCO Koppel Tubulars Corporation - Ambridge Manufacturing Plant Tour N E T W O R K I N G / S O C I A L F U N C T I O N S : WAI's Baseball Outing: PNC Park Organizers/Supporting Sponsors WAI's Wire Expo event began in 1990 and has continued to visit a new U.S. venue every other year since its inception. The event schedule coincides with WAI's Annual Convention and it typically comprises exhibits, technical paper presentations, plant or area tours, networking, and social activities offering visitors and exhibitors fresh exposure to the the wire and cable industry in a convenient, regional locale. Back to top.
Wire Expo 2008 Visits Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Recognized for its iron-clad steel making history, its landmark hills and sequence of 944 area bridges, Pittsburgh evoked the best from industrialists and innovators from Andrew Carnegie to George Westinghouse. Today the city is infused with a new energy, inspiring achievements like the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, the world’s first ‘green’ building of its kind where WAI will host Wire Expo, June 7-11, 2008. The building itself is an exquisite example of wire and cable at work. Innovation is the essence of Pittsburgh. And its confluence
of rivers appropriately symbolizes the Wire Expo experience where practical training, original thinking, and industry
insight unite. P R O G R A M H I G H L I G H T S Short Course: Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing - Part II- Practices Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8
Get back to the basics on Saturday and Sunday with WAI's two-day course, "Fundamentals of Manufacturing - Practices." If you are new to the industry or currently fill an operations or technical role, you can sharpen up with exposure to the best manufacturing practices in use today. Choose to accelerate through either a ferrous or nonferrous/electrical track so that you’ll spend time learning about what applies specifically to you. View program content. Note: IPSCO Koppel Tubulars Corporation - Ambridge Manufacturing Plant Tour is included for course participants. WAI's 4th Annual 5K Road Race - Sunday, June 8 | 5:30 p.m. Compete for a cause at the WAI’s fourth annual 5K run during Wire Expo. Sponsored by exhibitor Leoni Wire Inc., proceeds from the $20 entry fee benefit The Mario Lemieux Foundation, which is a regional organization that raises funds for cancer research.
Guest Speakers - WAI Awards Breakfast - Monday, June 9 | 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Keynote Address: Mark A. Thackeray, Senior Vice President, North American
Operations, General Cable, is the keynote speaker during WAI’s breakfast and annual meeting of members. He has expertise in corporate sourcing, quality, advanced manufacturing engineering, and distribution and is a certified Six Sigma Champion. WAI Mordica Memorial Award Lecture: Monday, June 9 | 11:15 a.m. Dr. Bhaskar Yalamanchili, director of corporate quality, Gerdau Ameristeel and WAI’s 2008 Mordica Memorial Award winner, will present “My Professional Career and Experiences in the Wire Industry,” at the annual Mordica Memorial Lecture following the Awards Breakfast.
Exhibits - June 9-11 | see schedule for daily hours Wire Expo’s exhibits put you in touch with representatives from more than 240 companies that either supply to, or are producers in, the wire and cable manufacturing industry. Begin your vendor dialogue
here. Full booth descriptions of the growing list of exhibiting companies at Wire Expo are organized in alphabetical order to help you plan your visit to the show floor. Similarly, you may view a list of product types with cross-referenced company names and exhibit locations, making your visit to Wire Expo more rewarding. To get your bearings before the event, view the online floor plan and current roster of exhibiting companies.
Opening Reception - Monday, June 9 | 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
See and be seen at Wire Expo’s much anticipated Opening Reception where networking and refreshments are plentiful. This year’s festivities on the rooftop of the convention center offer exceptional views of the city. Back to top. Production Solutions - Tuesday, June 10 Exchange your questions for answers during WAI’s Popular 30-minute production solutions Demonstrations held on the exhibit floor. Select one or all three topics: wire breaks; wire die evaluation; and the selection of non-reactive pre-coatings. Technical Program - Tuesday, June 10 | Wednesday, June 11
WAI's technical paper presentations comprise 25 titles offered over two days in a new staggered presentation schedule that covers five section topics: wiredrawing; surface quality; ferrous properties; ferrous; and nonferrous/general. All presentations include time for questions and answers. A Conference Proceedings CD, which includes the original manuscripts of the presentations, is part of full registration. View all technical presentations.
WAI's Baseball Outing: PNC Park - Tuesday, June 10 | 5:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Gem Gravure Co. Inc. Hit a home run with colleagues and clients by ‘taking them out to the ball game’ at PNC Park as the Pittsburgh Pirates face the Washington Nationals. Tickets, available only in advance, include WAI’s Southern Hospitality dinner inside the park at Pirate’s Cove and regular seating in the stadium’s section 203. See registration page to order; no onsite sales will be offered. IPSCO Koppel Tubulars Corporation - Ambridge Manufacturing Plant Tour - Tuesday, June 10 | 1:30 p.m. Seamless tube products are manufactured in Ambridge, Pennsylvania from cast round billets produced in electric arc and ladle refining facilities located in Koppel, Pennsylvania. At Ambridge, solid cast round billets are heated in our rotary hearth furnace to temperatures over 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. Billets exit the furnace to the piercer for conversion to hollow tube. Hollow tubes move through the mandrel mill where diameter, wall thickness, and length requirements take shape. Tubes exit the mandrel mill to the stretch reduction mill where they are rolled to precise tolerances. Finishing and further processing operations include Premium and API production tube upsetting, normalizing, quench and temper, straightening, threading, hydrotesting and coating. The Ambridge facility is approximately 45 minutes away from the center. The tour bus is expected to return to the Convention Center by 5:30 p.m.
LeanSigma® Luncheon & Plant Operations Roundtable - Tuesday, June 10 | 12:00 p.m. Moderator: Gary Thomas Hoover, Global Client Manager, TBM Consulting This roundtable session is set for operations and engineering personnel who are directly assigned to wire and cable manufacturing operations. The luncheon will serve as an informal means to exchange best practices in manufacturing. Moderator Gary Thomas Hoover has broad experience from policy setting in Washington DC to supervising high-tech manufacturing. He has worked to eliminate company-wide bottlenecks and has instructed his team about the techniques needed for better problem solving. He has worked with a range of industries that employ LeanSigma® productivity techniques and is ready to share the details of these valued trends. Advanced registration is required for this free session, as space is limited. Back to top. Practical Extrusion Workshop - Wednesday, June 11 | 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Instructor: Tom Black, Polymer Processing Services Inc. process window, problem-solving, and care and maintenance. Learn:
Organizers/Supporting Sponsors The Wire Association International, and its Ohio Valley Chapter, will organize this five-day conference along with sponsors AWPA, SPE, and educational associates: ANTAAC and AWIA. Exhibit space is still available! If you are interesting in exhibiting please visit the exhibition page for more information. Wire Expo 2008. Pittsburgh. Register today. |
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