Fluid Sealing Association Appoints Thom Jessup as President

The Fluid Sealing Association (FSA) announced on LinkedIn the appointments of Thom Jessup of VMA member company EGC Enterprises as the new president and Amy Hammarstrom of General Rubber Corp. as the new vice president.

Founded in 1933, the FSA is an international trade association. Member companies are involved in the production and marketing of a wide range of fluid sealing devices primarily targeted to the industrial market.

FSA membership includes a number of companies in Europe and Central and South America, but is most heavily concentrated in North America. FSA members account for a majority of the manufacturing capacity for fluid sealing and containment devices in the Americas market.

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