At its 2010 Annual Convention May 1-4 at the Naples Grande Beach Resort, Naples, Florida, the Bearing Specialists Association (BSA) elected the following slate of officers to serve in 2010-2011: President: Ellen Holladay, Motion Industries, Inc.; 1st Vice President: James Webster, DXP Enterprises; Treasurer: Jack Simpson, Applied Industrial Technologies; and Chairman of the Board: Eduardo Bichara, Baleromex S.A. de C.V.
In addition to the new officers, BSA also elected the following Directors: Tom Armold, Applied Industrial Technologies; Rex Davis, IBT, Inc.; Jim Fitzpatrick, Bearings Specialty Company; Tim Breen, Motion Industries, Inc.; Craig Gipson, Gipson Bearing & Supply; and Doug Savage, Bearing Service, Inc. Those Directors continuing to serve are William C. DuComb, W.C. DuComb Company, Inc.; Michel Bouchard, General Bearing Service Inc.; and Brian Negri, Jamaica Bearings Co. Inc.
BSA is the "must belong to organization for authorized bearing distributors." An international service and educational organization of authorized distributors representing a total of nearly 100 companies distributing factory-warranted ball-, roller-, and anti-friction bearings and invited manufacturers of bearings and related products, the association's mission says, "BSA is the forum to enhance networking and knowledge sharing and promote the sale of bearings through authorized distributors." For more information on BSA, contact the BSA office at (630) 858-3838; fax (630) 790-3095; email info@bsahome.org or visit the association website at www.bsahome.org.
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