Last October, U.K.-based BT Cables Ltd., formerly a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc, was sold to the Wilms Group and renamed British Cables Company Limited (BCC). Under either name, the company has continued to be an industry standout, having now won the President’s Award 14 years in a row in the RoSPA Health and Safety Awards, a key U.K. recognition program.
“We are delighted to have once again been awarded the prestigious President’s Award from RoSPA,” Managing Director Kevin Samuel said in a press release. “This award proves that we are succeeding.”
Regarding the acquisition, Samuel described it in a prior press release as “one of the most positive developments in the company’s long history.” He noted that the Wilms Group is the biggest privately owned cable group in Europe, with more than 70 companies, some 7,500 employees and annual revenues exceeding 1.5 billion euros. British Cable Company will continue to be based in Blackley, Manchester. It has been operational for more than 120 years.
A press release said that the recipients of the 2018 Distinguished Career Award, will be honored April 7 at the 34rd annual Awards Dinner and Investiture Ceremony at the Hartford Convention Center. They include the following people: Rick Antic, vice president business development, Champlain Cable Corp.; Melissa Delargy, vice president operations, Quabbin Wire & Cable; Harvey McDowell, Division VP, strategic business leader, Berk-Tek Nexans; David Nestigen, chairman/CEO, IEWC Corp.; Steve Ruth, senior vice president, Freeport McMoRan Sales Inc.; Sheldon Scott, president and CEO, Whitney Blake Co.; and Art Yaroch, president, industrial cable group, Belden (retired).
WCMA also reported the following organizational changes. The Alliance’s new president is Robert Canny, president of TE Wire & Cable, who succeeds Tom J. Rosen, Wire & Cable Consulting, LLC, who is Past President. Other officers include WCMA Vice President Michael Weiss, president, Whitmor Wirenetics, and WCMA Treasurer Scott Harden.
WCMA welcomed two new board members: Susan Welsh, president and CEO of Rubadue Wire; and Virginia Hauser, vice president, Freeport McMoran Sales. It also thanked two exiting board members: Dennis Chalk, president, Marmon Engineering Wire & Cable; and James George, Global Business Manager, Chase Corp.
Continuing board members include Bill Reichert, president, Champlain Cable Corp.; Gary Stanitis, vice president sales, Daikin USA; Daniel DeLisle, VP/GM Mexichem Specialty Compounds; Ron Reed, president, Lloyd & Bouvier; and Paul Gemelli, executive vice president, Gem Gravure Co.
For more information on the April 7 awards dinner or the WCMA, go to www.wcmainc.org.
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