Warren Chandler Elected CEMA President

Warren Chandler, operations manager, Stephens-Adamson, Belleville, ON, Canada, was elected president of the Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) at the organization's 80th annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.  
 
Chandler becomes head of the North American industry trade group that was founded in 1933. CEMA currently has 122 member companies.
 
Other officers elected at the Association’s annual meeting include:
 
Vice President - Jerry Heathman, sales & marketing manager, Chantland Pulley & Roller Co., Humboldt, IA
 
Secretary – Jim McKnight, senior vice president, system sales and marketing, Intelligrated Inc., Mason, OH
 
Treasurer – Garry Abraham, general manager/CEO, Screw Conveyor Corp., Hammond, IN
 
Elected to the Board of Directors were:
 
Michael Hoehn, president, Automatic Systems Inc., Kansas City, MO
 
Mike Shea, general products manager, ABB Baldor-Dodge, Greenville, SC
 
Rob Yandrick, product manager, Eriez Magnetics, Erie, PA
 
Dave Zaleski, manager-distribution and integrator sales, Dematic, Grand Rapids, MI
 
George Huber, III, president, Industrial Kinetics Inc., Downers Grove, IL
 
Carryover members are:
 
Bob Domnick, vice president, sales, marketing and engineering, Superior Industries, Morris, MN
 
Paul Ross, president, Douglas Manufacturing Company, Inc., Pell City, AL
 
Geoff Normanton, senior vice president technology, Fenner Dunlop, Pittsburgh, PA
 
Fred Thimmel, president, Bryant Products, Ixonia, WI
 
Ned Thompson, president & CEO, Prab Inc., Kalamazoo, MI

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