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Quinn | Associate Publisher, ext. 137 jquinn@hartfordbusiness.com Emily Paskind | Senior Accounts Manager, ext. 133, epaskind@hartfordbusiness.com Sadie Bride | Senior Accounts Manager, ext. 141, sbride@hartfordbusiness.com Tracy Rodwill | Human Resources Manager trodwill@nebusinessmedia.com Production Bartosz Zinowko | Production Director, ext. 147 bzinowko@hartfordbusiness.com Events Kathryn Pelletier | Events Manager, ext. 136 kpelletier@hartfordbusiness.com In the three months leading up to Jan. 1, AdvanceCT had three meet- ings with foreign consuls general, according to Bourdeaux. In the next three months there were four. And in the three-month period leading to July 1, there were eight meetings with consuls general, three with foreign ambassadors and two with trade organizations, Bourdeaux said. In her new role, Norwitt will welcome foreign diplomats and business leaders, showcase Connecticut's cultural and lifestyle assets, and facilitate introduc- tions to key state and local officials. Norwitt, who holds a law degree from the University of Southern California, practiced employment law in the U.S. and Hong Kong until 2003, before relo- cating to Connecticut to raise her family. She is married to R. Adam Norwitt, president and CEO of Walling- ford-based electronics manufacturer Amphenol Corp., and co-chair of the AdvanceCT board of directors. Encompass Health eyes $69.5M rehab hospital in Branford Encompass Health Corp. wants to build a second rehabilitation hospital in Connecticut. The Birmingham, Alabama-based company filed a certificate of need (CON) application on July 25 with the state Office of Health Strategy seeking approval to build a $69.5 million, 50-bed, for-profit rehab facility on property at 596, 612 & 616 East Main St. The facility would be Encompass Health's second in Connecticut. It is currently building a 40-bed, $39 million rehabilitation hospital in Danbury, which is expected to debut in September. According to the project appli- cation, Encompass Health would construct a one-story, 54,765-square- foot facility in Branford that would provide specialized rehabilitative care to patients recovering from a variety of injuries and illnesses, including stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputations, and ortho- pedic surgery or injury. DOT to convert part of former Republican-American building into train waiting area After years of planning, Water- bury's Union Station — the former home of the Republican-American newspaper — will reprise its role as a train station. The historic building at 389 Meadow St. — with its 240-foot- tall clock tower — is slated for redevelopment. Glori Norwitt. Contributed Photo Ridgefield economic development leader tapped as CT's first international business envoy With international uncertainty about U.S. trade policy, Connecticut officials are looking to bolster foreign business ties — and they've tapped a Ridgefield economic development leader to a newly created role. AdvanceCT has appointed Glori Norwitt, chair of Ridgefield's Economic & Community Development Commis- sion, as Connecticut's first "special international envoy," a volunteer position focused on strengthening the state's international business relationships. AdvanceCT President and CEO John Bourdeaux said the new position was created in response to a surge in interest from consular officials and overseas businesses seeking "subna- tional" partnerships in response to President Trump's trade policies. Wallingford's Amphenol inks major deal to expand data center product lines Amphenol's Wallingford headquarters at 358 Hall Ave. Photo | CoStar W allingford-based Amphenol has announced its larg- est-ever acquisition, with plans to buy Connectivity and Cable Solutions (CCS) from CommScope for $10.5 billion. Amphenol makes electrical, elec- tronic and fiber optic connectors, antennas, sensors and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. It says the deal will expand its capabilities in fiber optic interconnect products for artificial intelligence and other data center applications, a rapidly growing market. CCS also has a broadband communi- cations division, which sells fiber optic products to customers in the communi- cations networks market; and a building connectivity unit, which sells intercon- nect products integrated into building technology in the industrial market. "We are excited by the prospect of adding the CCS business and its more than 15,000 talented employees to the Amphenol family," said Amphenol President and CEO R. Adam Norwitt. This will be the third recent acquisition Amphenol has made from North Carolina-based CommScope. Earlier this year, the Connecticut company bought CommScope's mobile networks business, Andrew, for about $2 billion, and last year purchased its outdoor wireless network and distributed antenna systems busi- nesses for $2.1 billion.