Martin Sprocket’s Bell to serve CEMA as president

By Kevin Yanik| March 30, 2021

Says PPI’s Jeff Poe: “You can have a conveyor track perfectly in the center for years, and then all of a sudden it will want to track to the left or the right.” Photo: P&Q Staff

CEMA is a conveyor industry trade group. Photo: P&Q Staff

Noel Bell, vice president and general manager of the material handling and services division at Martin Sprocket & Gear, was elected president of the Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) at the organization’s 88th annual meeting.

CEMA is a conveyor industry trade group founded in 1933 with 140 member companies.

Another officer elected at CEMA’s annual meeting was Andrew Felter, president and CEO of Webster Industries. Felter will serve CEMA as vice president. Johnny Wheat, president of 4B Components, will serve CEMA as secretary. Chris Glenn, director of engineering at FMH Conveyors, was elected to be treasurer.

Also elected to the board of directors were Syntron Material Handling’s Andy Blanchard, Automatic Systems’ Michael Hoehn, Hytrol Conveyor Co.’s David Peacock, Intellitrak’s Tom Robertson and ABB Motors and Mechanical’s Mike Shea.