Fifteen companies join PTDA
The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) welcomed 15 new members in the second half of 2009, leading to a year-end total of 25 new members.
Five companies joined the association as distributor members:
- Alaska Interior Electric dba Electric Motor Bearings & Belts, Fairbanks, Alaska, a distributor of mechanical power transmission (PT), bearings, material handling, motors, and motor/motion control (MC)
- Bearing Distributors Inc., Columbia, S.C., a distributor of mechanical PT, bearings, material handling, motors and drives
- Bearings & Drives Inc., South El Monte, Calif., a distributor of mechanical PT, bearings, material handling, motors and drives
- Electric Motor Service, Fremont, Calif., a distributor of motors and drives
- Green Rubber Kennedy Ag., Salinas, Calif., a distributor of conveyor belting and power transmission
The association welcomed six new manufacturer members:
- C-B Gear & Machine Inc., Houston, a gearing manufacturer
- Cone Mounter Company, Englewood, Colo., a manufacturer of bearing heaters
- Simatec Inc., Charlotte, N.C., an industrial lubricant manufacturer
- System Components Inc., South Haven, Mich., a manufacturer of clutches/brakes and couplings
- Techtop Industries Incorporated, Atlanta, a manufacturer of AC motors
- Wago Corporation, Germantown, Wis., a manufacturer of sensors, PLCs and peripherals, data collection, automation and control devices and motor control devices
One company has joined as an associate member:
- Datalliance, Cincinnati, a vendor managed inventory provider.
Three educational institutions have joined as associate members:
- Central Alabama Community College, Alexander City, Ala.
- Minnesota State Community & Technical College, Detroit Lakes, Minn.
- Paris Junior College, Paris, Texas
