FT. LAUDERDALE, FL -- Forecast Products Corp. , a national supplier of engine management components and filters, has appointed Allen Wright as its new senior product manager for filters.

In this role, Wright will be responsible for new product development, and to ensure the consistency and quality of Forecast’s overseas filter production.

Wright joins Forecast with 27 years of experience in the automotive aftermarket. He comes to the company from Purolator Filters, formerly a division of ArvinMeritor’s Light Vehicle Aftermarket business, where he most recently served as manager, advanced product design engineering and air filter product design.

Prior to this, Wright was employed at Honeywell Consumer Products Group (FRAM) where he held positions of increasing responsibility from 1979 until 2000, when he joined Purolator. The positions Wright held at Honeywell CPG included: group manager, medium and heavy duty filter product design engineering; group manager, air filtration product, design engineering; senior staff engineer HD product-liquid and air filters; and senior staff engineer air filter product – PC and HD truck designs.

Wright holds a bachelors degree in Nuclear Physics (engineering minor) from The University of South Florida in Tampa. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, the American Society of Physics, the American Society of Acoustics, the Society of Plastics Engineers, the Society of the Plastics Industry and the Association of Equipment Management Professionals.

“We are thrilled to have an industry veteran like Allen on board,” said Jeffrey Olefson, president of Forecast. “His expertise will certainly bring a huge value to Forecast and our customers in the form of new product introductions and continuing to maintain the highest possible quality of standards.”

For more information about Forecast Parts, go to: http://www.forecastparts.com.