Hastings Manufacturing Co., a global piston ring provider with more than 100 years in business, has announced the appointment of Jose Segovia as its new director of business development Latin America.

Segovia comes to Hastings with more than 16 years of multiple engine component sales and marketing industry experience, all in Latin America. Prior to Hastings, he managed piston ring sales efforts in Latin America for 13 years with Nippon Piston Ring. In his new role with Hastings, Segovia will provide full sales and marketing management of Hastings Piston Rings for the Latin American aftermarket.

Hastings designs and manufactures piston rings for the worldwide engine manufacturing and service industries. Hastings holds TS16949 and ISO14001 registrations, and is an approved piston ring supplier to OEMs and aftermarket specialists in more than 40 countries.