FEPA Announces Election Results for 2020-2022 Management Committee

Stefan Sjöberg Assumes Role as President, 2020-2022

Paris, France – The Federation of European Producers of Abrasives (FEPA) today announced the results of its Management Committee (MC) Election for the term 2020-2022, beginning on May 29^th, 2020, the day of the Annual General Assembly. Every two years, FEPA’s Direct Members and Individual Members vote to select new MC Members for the Federation’s all-volunteer Management Committee.

The Committee is composed of the following elected members: Presidency (President and Vice-President), seven (7) Direct Members representatives, one (1) Individual Members representative, and one (1) Independent Expert. The latter is elected for a one-year term.

The following well-qualified individuals were elected as Members of the Management Committee this term:

Presidency

• President: Stefan Sjöberg – Mirka Ltd
• Vice-President: Xavier Orlhac – Saint-Gobain Abrasives 

Direct Members Representatives

• Jan Cord Becker – Hermes Schleifmittel
• Ugo Filippi – SAIT
• Laura Galli – 3M
• Dieter Hermann – Imerys Fused Minerals
• Rok Mezgec – Weiler Abrasives
• Xavier Orlhac – Saint-Gobain Abrasives
• Norbert Texler – Tyrolit 

Individual Members Representative

• Patrick Sandman – Levanto Oy

Independent Expert

• Reinhard Joas

These elected-members come to complete the six national associations that have a permanent seat on the Management Committee: ANFA (Spain), BAF (United Kingdom), FEDERCHIMICA (Italy), FSKI-WKO (Austria), SNAS (France), and SNAS (France).

“I want to thank the many members who took the time to vote.” said Stefan Sjöberg, FEPA President. “The diversity of our all-volunteer Management Committee helps strengthen the European voice of the abrasive industry, making FEPA the spokesperson for manufacturers and members of their supply-chain of all sizes.”

FEPA thanks outgoing member: Steffen Neu – Klingspor AG.