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Washington A. Roebling, the Civil WAR & the Brooklyn Bridge SUCCESS, A FAMILY TRADITION FOR CERTIFIED SLING & SUPPLY INTERNATIONAL SALES MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2013 WASHINGTON A. ROEBLING, THE CIVIL WAR & THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE UNITEX LEVERAGES SYNERGY 8-7/16”Bleed 8-1/4”Trim 7” Live WHAT Does Landmann Wire Rope Products, Inc. Provide For You? • Customized and Professional Client Service • Widest range of quality products in the industry • Largest stocking distributor on the West Coast • Overseas sourcing through our International partnerships • Fulfilling the needs of companies big & small alike 10-7/8” Trim • With over 60 years of combined experience, and 150 years of 10” 11-1/16” solid history from our parent Live Bleed company, Grebruder Thiele, Landmann is the source for your wire rope and rigging equipment. 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Where we come together is celebrating the big days, the October 22-23, 2013 Edmonton, Canada • Oil & Gas • Logistics glories and sharing in a year mixed with good times and hard work. www.craneandriggingconference.com • Metal Production • Shipping In the spirit of celebrating milestones, Cliff ord Zink, writer and historian, gives us an • Heavy Engineering • Rail Maintenance National Industrial Fastener • Heath & Safety in-depth look at the remarkable life of Washington A. Roebling and the history of the • Civil Engineering & Mill Supply Expo • Utilities • Training Brooklyn Bridge. We also learn more about Unitex, who is making a strong footprint in the October 23 – 25, 2013 Las Vegas, NV U.S. in recent years. Finally, we celebrate Certifi ed Sling & Supply for making the OBJ list www.fastenershows.com of the Fastest 50 growing companies in Central Florida, as well as celebrate three decades of service by industry and J. Henry Holland veteran, Larry Lusk. Power Generation Lifting Workshop REASONS TO VISIT LIFTEX 2013: INNOVATION THEATRE Each day comes and goes similar to the one before, and often it can be challenging to notice November 6 – 8, 2013 New York, NY the change of time without these milestones. Th e celebrations allow us to hit the pause button www.powergenlifting.com • Be part of the UK’s only dedicated lifting for just a moment, and relish in the steps that got us there, and the ones we’re about to endure. Last year’s highly successful Innovation STAFDA 2013 Convention and Trade Show equipment exhibition Theatre will return to the show fl oor at I’m always interested in your stories; please email me with your news. As always, thank November 11-13, 2013 Las Vegas, NV • Network with over 600 industry professionals LiftEx 2013. Come to the theatre and see you for being a part of Wire Rope Exchange! www.stafda.org over 2 full days presentations and demos of the very latest • See demos from over 70 exhibiting companies lifting products and innovations, and fi nd Liftex 2013 out which companies will win the coveted November 14 – 15 Bolten Arena, UK • Discover new industry products and services Melissa Hood, Editor | Wire Rope Exchange LEEA Awards. Keep checking the website at www.liftex.org in the Innovation Theatre P.O. Box 159323, Nashville, TN, 37215 www.liftex.org/innovationtheatre for updates • Get the latest advice and training from the to the theatre programme. Email: mhood@wireropeexchange.com industry experts in the LEEA team CHECK IT OUT: www.wireropeexchange.com Current list of exhibitors: LETTER TO THE EDITOR I’m sure that many of your readers are familiar RETRACTION ACDC Core RFID Integrated Inspection Niko Speedy with TANDEMLOC, Inc. because of their industry AJT Crosby Systems Petersen Stainless Rigging Straightpoint Ms. Hood: I enjoyed your comments and then In our Innovations department of the A.P Lifting English Braids Kito Europe Pfeifer Drako Ltd Sumner read the articles referenced. 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