PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- The Board of Freudenberg & Co. announced today that effective May 1, 2010, Dr. Mohsen Sohi will join its management board. On July 1, 2010, Sohi will take over from Jorg Sost, who will be retiring. In his new role, Sohi will be responsible for the global portfolio of Sealing businesses.

To assume this role, Sohi will leave his current role as the CEO of Freudenberg-NOK, a joint venture company between Freudenberg of Germany and NOK Corp. of Japan. Sohi has been the CEO of Freudenberg-NOK since March 2003. Prior to that, he was responsible for the Global Store Automation business of NCR Corp. Prior to NCR, Sohi held various management roles of increasing responsibility at AlliedSignal and Honeywell Corporations. His most recent responsibility at Honeywell was as the president of Honeywell Electronic Materials business.

Freudenberg is a family company offering its customers technically challenging and advice-intensive product solutions and services. The Freudenberg Group is first and foremost a supplier specializing in seals and vibration control technology, nonwovens, filtration, lubricants and release agents as well as mechatronic products.