Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Elects New Directors, Officers
By Staff Report | December 5, 2012
Category:Doar Elected Board Chairman
ROCKFORD, Ill., November 13, 2012 – Rick Hargrove, vice president, steel processing, of American Strip Steel/Marino Ware, Pasadena, Texas; Carlos Mendizabal-Perez, vice president, Industrias Selbor SA de CV, San Luis Potosi, Mexico; Ed Severson, district manager, SB Specialty Metals, Minneapolis, Minn; and Gregg Simpson, president, Ohio Laser, LLC, Plain City, Ohio, were elected to the board of directors of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA) at the group’s recent annual meeting. All will serve three-year terms on the 18-member board.
Current board member Burke Doar, vice president, sales & marketing, TRUMPF Inc., of Farmington, Conn., was elected chairman. Doar became active on the FMA board in 2005.
In addition to Doar, the slate of board officers for 2012-2013 includes: Carlos Rodriguez-Borjas, president & COO, Feralloy Corp., Chicago, Ill., as 1st vice chairman; Edwin Stanley, vice president, GH Metal Solutions, Fort Payne, Ala., as 2nd vice chairman; and Al Zelt, director, sales & marketing, ASKO, Inc., Homestead, Pa., as secretary/treasurer.
Based in Rockford, Ill., FMA is a professional organization with nearly 2,500 members working together to improve the metal processing, forming, and fabricating industry. Founded in 1970, FMA brings metal fabricators and fabricating equipment manufacturers together through technology councils, educational programs, networking events, and the FABTECH® tradeshow. FMA also has two technology affiliates, the Tube & Pipe Association, Intl. (TPA), which focuses on the unique needs of companies engaged in tube and pipe producing and fabricating; and Green Manufacturer Network, a professional organization of individual members dedicated to working toward environmentally friendly manufacturing.
Visit www.fmanet.org and www.greenmanufacturer.net for more information.
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