The Safety Equipment Distributors Association officially went out of existence at the end of 2011, according to sources. The membership was notified of the board’s decision to kill the association at the end of September, and the deadline for completion of the dissolution ballot was October 25, with the official action coming sometime after that.
The International Safety Equipment Association was in negotiations to take full control of the popular Qualified Safety Sales Professional course for a few months, with SEDA officially ceding its interest to ISEA in December. Distributor companies that were members of SEDA at the end retain the right to send employees to QSSP at the member rate for two more years.