Top positions announced by PPI power and communications division
The division of the Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc (PPI) that assists the power and communications cabling industry has announced changes to its volunteer management committee. The power and communications division (PCD) of the PPI focuses on high-density polyethylene (HDPE) conduit for power and communication cabling applications.
The PCD has elected Christian Herrild of Teel Plastics (Baraboo, Wisconsin) to division chair and Jennifer Reeves of Petroflex North America (Gainesville, Texas) to vice chair. The new volunteer positions took effect on June 1, with terms running from 2024 to 2026.
Mr Herrild, who will also represent the division on the PPI's board of directors for the next two years, is the director of growth strategies for Teel, a manufacturer of products including conduit and industrial piping. He has been actively involved in many PPI committees and task groups for more than ten years, and is now leading the PCD R&D project to establish requirements for using recycled HDPE in conduit, among other division projects. For his contributions, Mr Herrild was voted PPI PCD member of the year for 2022.
Ms Reeves is the logistics manager for Petroflex, an extruder of HDPE conduit and preinstalled cable-in-conduit. In addition to now serving as vice-chair for the power and communications division, she is active in the PPI's education and communications committees, plus other PCD project groups. She was voted member of the year for 2023 by the PCD.