GE president and CEO was elected the first female president of NEMA

Recently, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) annual Council, GE Lighting Group CEO Maryrose Sylvester was elected chairman of the NEMA, the first female president since the establishment of 90 years of NEMA.

American Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) was established in the fall of 1926, is the United States by the United States and the United States and the United States electric power supply manufacturers Union union. NEMA is headquartered in Virginia, Rosslyn, with approximately 400 members, including power generation equipment, power transmission and distribution equipment, power control equipment and electrical terminal products for large, medium and small manufacturers. NEMA members produce annual sales of approximately $100 billion.

The main purpose of NEMA international activities is to make the NEMA member's products can easily enter the market. These activities include the development and promotion of regulations and product standards, trade development and promotion, and conformity assessment. NEMA in the standard of international activities including the development in IEC and ISO standards, through the CANENA (North American national Electrotechnical Standards Coordinating Committee) coordination of standards, in Brazil, Chinese and Mexico to carry out the work, and carry out activities in other Asian countries. NEMA in the government about international trade activities including Trade Promotion Agency (TPA), the EU regulations, American Free Trade Agreement (FTAA), the World Trade Organization (WTO) research and other trade negotiations and put forward the views of NEMA. NEMA in international conformity assessment activities include participation in the IECEE CB (International Electrotechnical Commission electrical product safety certification organization test certificates for electrical mutual recognition system) and IECEE Ex (International Electrotechnical Commission electrical product safety certification organization explosion-proof electrical products certification system).

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