Wire associations
A new home for the International Wire & Machinery Association
The International Wire & Machinery Association (IWMA) – the world’s largest corporate trade association for the wire and cable industry – is moving to new offices. The IWMA will be taking up residence at an office complex, ideally situated near Birmingham International Airport, in the UK.
The move comes as part of the association’s long-term expansion plans to develop its membership and grow internationally, and was passed at an executive board meeting in September.
The IWMA is currently based in the same building as Intras Ltd, publishers of EuroWire, Wire & Cable ASIA and wiredInUSA, in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK, and will make the move over the next months.
Steven Rika, chairman of the association, said: “This is both an exciting and challenging time for the IWMA, but one which we are very much looking forward to. It is an ideal opportunity for us to grow and we are relishing the challenge. I would like to take this opportunity of thanking Intras for the help and assistance we have had over four decades in building the IWMA into what it is today. We have, and continue to maintain an excellent relationship with everyone at Intras and I expect to see us working closely together for the foreseeable future.”
Caroline Sullens, managing director of Intras, added: “Over the last two years the IWMA has developed exponentially under the direction of the current executive committee and new management team. Following on from a corporate re-branding and new website in 2013 I am delighted to see the IWMA take up residence in its own premises which has come about at precisely the right time with the association in such good hands.”
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact IWMA.
