DEERFIELD BEACH, FL -- Eric Edelmayer has joined Mapei Americas as the Business Development Manager for Sheet Membranes. Edelmayer has been in the tile industry for over 30 years, specializing in sheet membranes for waterproofing, crack isolation and sound reduction. He is active in, and a voting member of, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Materials and Methods Standards Association (MMSA), ASTM International (formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials) and the National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) technical committees. Edelmayer has worked on ISO standards and the Tile Council of North America (TCNA) Handbook.
Introducing new concepts has become commonplace with Edelmayer. "I have been an active association member throughout my career, and I truly enjoy the work," he said. "Two examples highlight the trials and triumphs or working with standards committees. I first worked with the MMSA, including Louis Couillard of Mapei, on writing the crack-isolation standard for ANSI. It took us nine years to get the standard passed. At the other end of the spectrum, it took only one year to get the sound-reduction standard written and passed."