RMA yields new members, directors

LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. (March 10)—Five companies have joined the Rubber Manufacturers Association, and six executives have been elected to the association´s board of directors. The RMA, at its annual meeting in Litchfield Park Feb. 26-28, said its directors approved as members Falken Tire Corp. of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.; Phargo L.L.C. of Buffalo, N.Y.; Goldsmith & Eggleton Inc. of Wadsworth, Ohio; Habasit ABT Inc. of Middletown, Conn.; and M.A. Hanna of Solon, Ohio. Elected to three-year terms as RMA directors are Jefferson W. Keener Jr., Chardon Rubber Co.; Bernd Frangenberg, Continental General Tire Inc.; A. L. Stecklein, Gates Rubber Co.; Joe Zekoski, Goodyear; and Daniel Ogden, Yokohama Tire Corp. Rod Millhof of Cooper-Standard Automotive, Global Sealing Division, was named to the director´s post.