The UJC is pleased to announce that as of 1 January 2015, Jon Reynolds of Connecting Technologies Ltd has been appointed as the independent UJ Consortium Coordinator. The UJC members would like to seize this opportunity to express their gratitude and thank M. Henri Palacin and Axiom for their contribution in the role of UJC Coordinator over the past 6 years.

Jon has over 30 years’ experience in submarine cable jointing systems and was involved in the development and launch of the Universal Joint and Universal Coupling (UJ/UC) from 1989 until 1996. Since then he has worked as a technical consultant in cable jointing technology, as an analyser of jointing performance and in the administration of a key submarine cable industry organisation. Over the past 2 months, Jon has worked with the UJ Consortium representatives to ensure a smooth handover of responsibilities.