The last Annual General Meeting of the European Sealing Association (ESA) took place in Spain on 16, 17 and 18 May. Chesterton EMEA was well represented, we had the pleasure to meet our colleagues from Groveland as Phil Mahoney the president of the FSA (Fluid Sealing Association) and Henri Azibert (technical director of the FSA) What is the ESA and why it is important for Chesterton to be there. ESA is a non-profit association representing the manufacturer of sealing devices in Europe. The ESA is divided into four different division:the elastomeric and polymeric joints division, the expansion joints division, the flange seals division, the mechanical seals division and packings divisions. The common objectives of the different sections are: to identify the market trend through national and international requirements, to influence technical standards and legislation through cooperation with the international organization and the European Commission, API Each Division. To provide the best possible advice to the user on how to manage and use the various products.
For the May session, Chesterton was particularly honored, Steven Bullen (manager of rotating equipment segment for AW Chesterton EMEA) was thanked for his contribution as chairman of the Mechanical Seal Division and Hans Dekker (Product manager for Packings and Gasket for AW Chesterton EMEA) received from John Morton the "Best Contribution of the Year" Award for 2016.
During the general session, Henri Azibert and Phil Mahoney (FSA) explained to the ESA group the latest update of FSA in term of standard, regulation and introduced the FSA Knowledge Base (www.fsaknowledgebase.org) specially designed as a support for the engineering department..
If you need to know more about the ESA visit the website : http://europeansealing.com/en
Laurent Prunier-Duparge - laurent.prunier-duparge@chesterton.com
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