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KYB Corp. among winners of The Group vendor awards Print GRAPEVINE, Texas Suspension components producer KYB Americas Corp. was one of six suppliers honored at the recent Automotive Parts Services Group (The Group) supplier awards ceremony, held during The Group s national conference and expo held virtually. KYB won the Marketing Excellence Vendor of the Year Award. Other award winners were: First Brands Group, Sales Support Vendor of the Year; Gates Corp., Excellence in Education & Training Vendor of the Year; DuraGo, Service Level Excellence Vendor of the Year; and Dorman, Catalog & Product Data Excellence Vendor of the Year. Members of Federated Auto Parts and The Pronto Network cast votes for the top supplier in each category. ....
Twin Cities Rubber Group to host virtual meeting March 18 Rubber & Plastics News Staff Print Join the Twin Cities Rubber Group for its March 18 virtual technical meeting with featured speaker Dana Stripe, a scientist in applications development for Zeon Chemicals L.P. Register here by March 15 for the free, 45-minute talk, which begins at 4 p.m., on March 18. The presentation will be on New methods in Zetpol HNBR curing: Peroxide blends for low temperature cure and Non-Nitrosamine Sulfur Curatives. This webinar will look at blends of dialkyl and peroxyketal peroxides to optimize HNBR formulations for low temperature cures and faster cycle times. The second half of the webinar will demonstrate how to successfully replace nitrosamine-generating sulfur curatives with non‐nitrosamine equivalents. ....
Print LEESBURG, Va. The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) has selected Mark Polke of Robert Bosch L.L.C. as its chairman for 2021, succeeding Bobby Bassett, the recently retired Gates Corp. executive. Mr. Polke is director of Bosch Workshop Concepts, North America. Mr. Bassett will remain on the board of directors as past chair. Other officers selected for 2021 include: Brad Pellman, president, Pellman s Automotive, vice chairman; Homer Hogg, director, technical services, Travel Centers of America, treasurer; and Brian Szalk, vice president, planner, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, secretary. Our leadership board is instrumental in helping ASE continue to provide exceptional service to our industry and they help us provide high-quality certification programs that automotive professionals can use to show their expertise and knowledge, ASE President and CEO Tim Zilke said. ....
Steady leadership brings clarity to Gates global staff Gates employees said Tom Pitstick s leadership helped the company through a difficult 2020. Rubber & Plastics News Executive of the Year Tom Pitstick literally is known the world over at least within the global Gates Corp. community for his leadership during this difficult and chaotic past year. From China to Singapore, to the plains of Kansas and the foothills of the Rockies where Pitstick is based in Denver, the senior vice president of strategic planning and chief marketing officer for the manufacturer of power transmission belts and fluid power products made his mark when the stakes were highest. ....
Print DENVER The core values at Gates Corp. accountability, collaboration, tenacity, curiosity and dedication are embodied in Tom Pitstick. But the senior vice president of strategic planning and chief marketing officer at Gates has another trait in spades, one that has proven to be crucial during the pandemic: crystal clear communication skills. And the leadership he showed while helping guide Denver-based Gates through the coronavirus-dominated year is one of the key reasons Pitstick was selected as Rubber & Plastics News 2020 Rubber Industry Executive of the Year. Much of Pitstick s life has been about bridging gaps, whether that has meant establishing crucial lines of communication with Gates 14,000 employees or melding the blue collar, hardworking values of the Midwest, where he was born, with the entrepreneurial and technological spirit of the Silicon Valley, where he attended college. ....