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November 20, 2015 01:00 AM

Burcroff, Hickey to lead PTDA in 2016

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    Power Transmission Distributors Association
    LeRoy Burcroff (left) receives congratulations from outgoing president Ajay Bajaj.

    CHICAGO—The Power Transmission Distributors Association has elected LeRoy Burcroff, vice president of sales for Bearing Service Inc. in Livonia, Mich., as president.

    Burcroff has been active in PTDA since 1995, serving as a member of several task forces and four committees. He has been a member of the PTDA Board of Directors since 2010 and succeeds Ajay Bajaj, president, Rotator Products Ltd.

    The elections of PTDA's 2016 Board of Directors and Manufacturer Council were held at during the recent PTDA Industry Summit.

    “There is one common denominator in all the areas of business you need for success: good people and a good plan,” Burcroff said in a statement. “PTDA has that, and I am honored to lead the 2016 PTDA Board of Directors as we re-evaluate the association's vision, core values and strategic initiatives in order to be accountable to the membership with results and action for the health of our industry's future.”

    Joining Burcroff on the 2016 PTDA Board of Directors are: Manufacturer Council Chair Sean Hickey, president, Lafert North America; First Vice President Thomas R. Clawser, director, reliability services, Brown Transmission & Bearing Co.; Second Vice President Carlton C. Harvey, vice president, industrial sales, Jamaica Bearings Co. Inc.; Treasurer Kenneth A. Miko, director, category management and strategic accounts, BDI ; and Immediate Past President Ajay Bajaj, president, Rotator Products Ltd.

    The directors are Brian M. Davis, vice president, B&D Industrial; Michael W. Dolpp, vice president, sales, Americas, Thomson Industries; Steven W. DuComb, operations manager, W.C. DuComb Co. Inc.; James Halverson, manager, power products, Van Meter Industrial; Joshua McGill, operations manager, Bartlett Bearing Co.; Mike Power, director, distributor sales, Lovejoy Inc.; and James Williams, vice president, corporate purchasing and supplier relations, Motion Industries Inc.

    Power Transmission Distributors Association

    Sean Hinckley address the PTDA.

    Hickey, president of Lafert North America, will serve as the PTDA Manufacturer Council chair in 2016, succeeding Cliff Bannon. Hickey has served on the council since 2010 and has been an active PTDA member for more than 16 years.

    Others on the Manufacturer Council are Vice Chair Mike Power; Immediate Past Chair Cliff Bannon, eastern sales manager, Isostatic Industries Inc.; and members Michael Cinquemani, president and CEO, Master Power Transmission; Chris Curran, president, Climax Metal Products Co; Tony Martell, vice president, aftermarket business unit, NSK Americas; Frank Mascia, president, Timken Canada L.P.; Michael Nisenbaum, director industrial sales and marketing, Carlisle; and Sandy Sullivan, director national accounts, U.S. Motors/Nidec Motor Corp.

    The Power Transmission Distributors Association is the global association for the industrial power transmission/motion control distribution channel.

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