MADISON, IN -- Art Hernandez has joined Grote Industries, LLC as vice president of engineering. He will report directly to Grote President Eric Morris.

Hernandez joins Grote after having spent the past eight years with Visteon Corp., most recently as senior manager of product development for instrumentation products.

While at Visteon, Hernandez spent two years managing Visteon’s Guaruhlos, Brazil, electronics facility. Prior to Visteon’s spin-off, he spent ten years with Ford. He also spent six years with General Motors in the AC Spark Plug Division.

Hernandez is a graduate of the University of California, Berkley, with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He also earned a master of arts degree in business management from Central Michigan University.

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