GFA Meeting Presentations

Click on the links below to download presentations given during the General Session at the GFA’s Semi-Annual Meetings.

Business Acquisitions
Ken Eaton, Jacobs & Thompson
This presentation provides an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, risks, and opportunities associated with business acquisitions.

Projecting When Business Cycles Will Change
Dr. Jeff Dietrich, The Institute for Trend Research
This presentation gives an overview of the economy with a specific focus on markets/industries related to gasket fabricators.

Research And Development Tax Credit
Scott Schmidt, Black Line Group
This presentation explains how your company may be able to recover substantial tax refunds, reduce future tax liabilities and improve cash-flow due to the Research and Development Tax Credit.

GFA Membership Directory
Click here to download the GFA Membership Directory as a PDF file

GFA Industry Publications
Click here to download the GFA Industry Publications listings as a PDF file

Click here to e-mail your press release directly to the publications

Study on Cutability and Tool Wear

The GFA conducted a study on the problem of "cutability" and tool wear brought on by the change to non-asbestos gasketing materials. Below is a copy of the History and Summary of the GFA Cutability Study and a copy of the Gasket Material Test developed to obtain a comparative relation of the abrasion of different gasket materials. Abrasion Testing Devices may be purchased from the GFA office.

History and Summary of the GFA Cutability Study

Gasket Material Abrasion Test