Action Products International, Inc. announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford USAF (Ret.) NASA Astronaut (Former) to the company's Board of Directors as Chairman of the Board. He will serve a two-year term as non-executive Chairman, presiding over and facilitating APII's core business objectives, including the acquirement of new contracts, financing, and goals to strengthen the company's footprint in the semiconductor technology and testing industry. The General previously sat on the Board of 14 corporations listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and one listed on the American Stock Exchange. Presently he is on the Board of two New York Stock Exchange companies. During his NASA career, General Stafford served as Co-Chairman of the Stafford-Covey Space Shuttle Return to Flight Task Group, an independent committee tasked with making assessments of NASA's space flight safety measures.