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Nickel Institute Appointments
Nickel Magazine, November 2005 -- Hugo Waeterschoot (photo at left) has been appointed Secretary-General of the newly-created European Nickel Industry Association (ENIA).
Waeterschoot is well known in the European non-ferrous metals industry. Previously, as Secretary-General of the European metals association Eurometaux, based in Brussels, he specialized in the regulatory science of metals. Waeterschoot holds a master’s degree in biology from the Universities of Hasselt and Ghent and a master’s in environmental sanitation from the University of Ghent.
ENIA is the European branch of the Nickel Institute. It was formed in March 2005, when the institute closed its office in London and moved to Brussels to integrate with the industry’s existing Brussels-based European Nickel Group.
ENIA’s address is Avenue des Arts 13, sixth floor, 1210 Brussels, Belgium.
Waeterschoot will also manage ENIA’s Nickel Use Support Group, based in Alvechurch, Birmingham, U.K.
New Nickel Institute Manager in Japan
Tetsuyoshi Kohga has been appointed Manager of the Nickel Institute’s office in Toyko, Japan.
Kohga-san holds a Master of Engineering degree in Electrochemistry from Yokohama National University. He joined Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. Central Research Laboratory in 1972 and progressed through various responsibilities at the Niihama Nickel Refinery.
Subsequent responsibilities included General Manager of Quality Assurance at the Besshi-Niihama Division, General Manager of the Production Department at the Hyuga Smelter, and at Head Office, General Manager of the ISO Department and General Manager of the Risk Management Department.
Kohga succeeds Keiji Toyabe who has retired. "We thank Toyabe-san for his service to the Institute and wish him a happy and healthy retirement," says James Lilly, Vice-President, Group Director, Administration Services.
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