The Specialty Tools and Fasteners Distributors Association (STAFDA) announced Jim Fall, business & operations director for 3M Industrial Adhesive & Tape Division will be STAFDA’s associate State of the Industry speaker during the group’s Nov. 4-6 convention in Orlando.

Fall has 25 years of experience with St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M. He is a member of the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council and chairman of the 3M Converter Markets Advisory Committee.