Industry News - May 2010

Rietsema is SJE-Rhombus Distributor Sales Manager; Medo USA Launches Web Site; Capital Rubber’s Feldman Receives Payton Volunteer Award; PSMA Holds Wastewater Conference, Trade Show

Rietsema is SJE-Rhombus Distributor Sales Manager

SJE-Rhombus has promoted Scott Rietsema to distributor sales manager for the United States and Canada. Rietsema joined SJE-Rhombus in 2006 as regional sales manager. He will manage the company’s factory sales and distributor networks.

Medo USA Launches Web Site

Medo USA’s new Web site, www.medo-water.com, features the company’s LA Series of aerators and linear motor-driven, free piston system.

Capital Rubber’s Feldman Receives Payton Volunteer Award

Bryan Feldman, vice president of sales for Capital Rubber Corp., received the 2009 Volunteer of the Year award from the Walter and Connie Payton Foundation for his work with the charity’s annual School Supply Drive and Holiday Giving toy program. The foundation is named in memory of former Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton. Feldman, a longtime Bears and Walter Payton fan, has been a volunteer for about seven years. Each fall the foundation collects school supplies for needy children in Illinois. The supplies are sorted and placed into backpacks at a warehouse near Capital Rubber’s Illinois facility. Each winter the foundation distributes drop boxes to collect new toys, providing gifts for more than 20,000 children.

PSMA Holds Wastewater Conference, Trade Show

The 2010 Pennsylvania Septage Management Association Wastewater Conference and Trade Show, held at the Lancaster County Convention Center & Lancaster Marriott, Jan. 25-26, attracted more than 130 attendees. Produced in cooperation with the National Association of Wastewater Transporters, the Pennsylvania Association of Professional Soil Scientists and the Pennsylvania Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association, highlights included legislative and Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act updates as well as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency management guidance information. The 2011 conference will be held Jan. 23-25 at the Lancaster County Convention Center. For more information, visit www.psma.net or call 717/763-7762.



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