ASSOCIATIONS

By Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 5/1/2000

FPDA annual meeting wrap-up

FPDA annual meeting wrap-up The Fluid Power Distributors Assn.'s February annual meeting in Acapulco, Mexico, provided over 400 attendees the opportunity to learn about educational topics including profitability, human resources and channel relationships. Dr. Bart Basi, of the Center for Financial & Tax Planning, provided free consulting sessions regarding financial, tax, and business valuation issues.

More than 40 attending companies pledged to get involved in F.I.R.S.T., For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. By providing fluid power product and engineering support to teams of high school students competing in the F.I.R.S.T. Robotics Challenge, FPDA and F.I.R.S.T. hope to spark their interest in science and technology.

FPDA elected the following officers: president & chairman of the board, Allan Blaker, Fluid-Air Components; president-elect, Susan Holliday, Ralph W. Earl Co.; vice president of finance & internal affairs, John Post, TSI Solutions; vice president of external affairs, Ronald Moore, Cross Fluid Power; and immediate past president, Martin Jenkins, Carolina Fluid Components. Six directors were also elected to the board: John Felsenthal, Jr., Quality Hydraulics & Pneumatics; Donald Kaas, Iowa Fluid Power; James Kloman, Brenner-Fiedler & Assoc.; Peter Oten, Affiliated Control Equipment; Tom Ralls, Hyspeco; and Lonnie Smith, Womack Machine Supply.

NEDA creates scholarship fund

NEDA creates scholarship fund The National Electronic Distributors Assn.'s Education Foundation has created the Patrick A. Moran Scholarship Fund in memory of Pat Moran, formerly of Texas Instruments.

Moran, 49, who died in early February, was a member of the NEDA Board of Directors from April 1998 to March 1999. He had recently retired from Texas Instruments where he last served as director of worldwide distribution.

"Pat was at the heart of TI's distribution program for nearly 20 years," said John Simari, TI's director of worldwide distribution. "The industry has lost a good friend and colleague with his passing. This scholarship fund continues his mentorship of those who will guide the industry in the future."

For more information, call NEDA at (678) 393-9990.

Various associations award certifications.

Various associations award certifications. Los Angeles Fastener Assn. (LAFA) awarded certified fastener specialist designations to Larry Olson, ABABA-QA, and Scott Wardlaw, Specialty Tool and Bolt ... American Machine Tool Distributors' Assn. (AMTDA) awarded certified machine tool sales engineer designations to: Jason Cassell, The Robert E. Morris Co.; Larry Costigan, MSC Industrial Supply; George Dillon, Machinery Solutions; Owen Doherty, EMEC Machine Tools; Daniel Doyle, GEROTECH; Robert Dunbar, Toshiba Machine Co. Canada; Walter Foster, Maruka USA; Jeffery Freeman, Kitagawa/Sumikin Bussan Int'l. Corp.; Frank Gaines, Machinery Solutions; Robert Johnson, Jr., J & H Machine Tools; Chris Jones, Production Resources; Michael Macchitelli, NNT Corp.; Richard Parnoff, Taylor Hobson; Christopher Rawley, Ellison Machinery of Wisconsin; Jury Sollenberger, KGK International Corp.; Patrick Weller, Toyota Machinery USA Corp.; and Gerald Wilson, Elmore Machine Tools ... Bearing Specialists Assn. (BSA) awarded bearing specialist certifications to: Jim Stickly, Jr., Applied Industrial Technologies; Wayne Horley, Robert Friesen and Kevin Dyck, Bearing & Transmission Ltd./Dynavest; Jim McCormick, Bearings Specialty Co.; Don Burris and Bernd Marquardt, Industrial Equipment Co., Ltd.; Walter La Lumiere and Jerry Petersen, Kaman Industrial Technologies Corp.; Bob Byrd, Huey Pansano, Henry Miller and Rick Knotek, Motion Industries, Inc.; and Glen Corson, U.S. Bearings & Drives.

Reba McEntire headlines STAFDA Convention.

Reba McEntire headlines STAFDA Convention. Country music superstar Reba McEntire will perform a special members-only show at the Grand Ole Opry for the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Assn. Her performance headlines the opening party during STAFDA's 24th Annual Convention and Trade Show, November 5-7, at the Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tenn.

John Allenbach, vice president-industrial sales for the professional tool division of Danaher Corp., will deliver the manufacturer state-of-the-industry address during the general session.

Workshop speakers and topics will include: Sam Geist, "Why should someone do business with you?"; Jim Harris, "The learning paradox"; York Mayo, "The tool box of international sales"; Michael McKinley, "Tools for Transforming Tomorrow"; John Monoky, "Sales planning for the STAFDA distributor"; and Tim Underhill, "Value-added selling."

For more information, call (262) 784-4774.