CEMA reports booked orders for January 2015 up 0.4% from January 2014

The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association reported that its January 2015 booked orders increased 0.4% when compared to January 2014 orders.

January 2015 booked orders when compared to December 2014 booked orders were down 5.9%. January booked orders were flat for bulk handling equipment and down 8.1% for unit handling equipment when compared to December.

CEMA’s January 2015 billed sales (shipments) increased by 10.5% when compared to January 2014 sales. January 2015 billed sales when compared to December 2014 billed sales were up 2.4%.

January billed sales were down 0.7% for bulk handling equipment and up 4.5% for unit handling equipment when compared to December.

Separately, CEMA announced officer appointments following elections at its annual meeting.

Jerry Heathman, sales & marketing manager, Chantland Pulley & Roller Company, Humboldt, Iowa, was re-elected president of the Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) at the organization’s 82nd Annual Meeting in Naples, Fla., March 6-10.

Other officers elected at the Association’s Annual Meeting:
Vice president—Garry Abraham, general manager/CEO, Screw Conveyor Corporation, Hammond, Ind.
Secretary—Paul Ross, president, Douglas Manufacturing Co., Inc., Pell City, Ala.
Treasurer – Ned Thompson, chairman, president & CEO, Prab, Inc., Kalamazoo, Mich.

Elected to the Board of Directors were:
Noel Bell, vice president, conveyor division, Martin Sprocket & Gear, Arlington, Texas.
Bob Callahan, executive director, business development and marketing, Hitachi Maxco, Kennesaw, Ga.
Jay Lee, senior vice president, global sales and corporate marketing, Rexnord, Milwaukee, Wisc.
Daniel Fannin, vice president, business process excellence, Regal Beloit America, Maysville, Ky.

Carryover members are:
Michael Hoehn, president, Automatic Systems, Inc., Kansas City, Mo.
Mike Shea, director – U.S. mechanical sales, Baldor Electric, Greenville, S.C.
Dave Zaleski, general manager-integrator network, Dematic, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Merle Davis, divisional president, Wynright Corporation, Oak Lawn, Ill.
Mike Nisenbaum, director of industrial distribution sales and marketing, Carlisle Transportation Products, Franklin, Tenn.
Judd Roseberry, CEO, Richwood, Huntington, W.Va.

The Voice of the Conveyor Industry of the Americas, CEMA is an industry trade group founded in 1933 has 132 member companies.