Published December 2019
By Miles Free III
In October 2019, at the Annual Meeting held at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, the PMPA installed its new President, Victor DaCruz of DACRUZ Manufacturing. Victor is eager to continue the hard work of outgoing president, Mike Reader of Precision Plus, Inc.
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