Sealing distributorsto meet in VA

By Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 9/1/2000

Williamsburg, Va.-The Ninth Annual Convention of the Independent Sealing Distributors will be held October 19-22 in Colonial Williamsburg, Va.

Convention highlights include an ISD resource center, networking luncheons, a table top exhibit program, vendor fair and seven educational workshops. Speakers include consultants Shep Hyken and Dave Kahle, along with David Griffith, CEO of Modern Group Ltd., and Kenneth Hart of Pennsylvania Power & Light's Susquehanna Steam Electric Station. Hart will deliver a technical presentation on valve packing.

New this year is an ISD Certification Program Workshop, run by the association's executive director Joe Thompson. The session will explore the possibility of creating a fluid sealing distributor certification program. Attendees will talk about the issues surrounding such a program, including implementation, management, and testing.

Attendees will be housed at three area hotels-the Williamsburg Lodge, the Williamsburg Inn and Williamsburg Woodlands. All meetings and business sessions will be held at the Williamsburg Lodge.