The start of the New Year has brought with it a number of new appointments and promotions in the automotive aftermarket. This week we take a look at several promotions and new board appointments at some of the industry’s leading trade associations, along with new executive appointments at Lumileds, Yokohama, Repairify and The NPD Group.
Stay tuned next week as we take a look at some of the exciting aftermarket innovations features at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show.
CW Bearing, a subsidiary of the Cixing Group, was founded in 1984 by Hu Xiangenon on China’s eastern coast.
Jessica Hu, CPO of CW Bearing U.S.A. Inc., has announced that Greg Sturm has joined the company as vice president of sales and the North American Aftermarket Business unit leader.
An aftermarket veteran, Sturm was recently the global aftermarket sales manager for Maximatecc, a division of CentroMotion. Prior to that, he spent 14 years with the Timken Co. of Canton, Ohio, in assorted management positions, including product management, sales and engineering. Sturm has a Mechanical Engineering degree from The University of Akron and Business Management degree from Walsh University. His earlier career included time with GE Capital, Wells Fargo Financial and Schaeffler Transmission Systems.
Herron (left), president, U.S. Automotive Group, retires at the end of 2023 after a distinguished 34-year career with GPC.
Guna Sathyamurthy was promoted.
Skove brings more than 30 years of sales and marketing experience in the automotive aftermarket.
The distinction demonstrates the highest professional standard in exhibitions and events management.
Pryor recently joined us for a chat in-studio during a recent trip to Northeast Ohio for very special event.
The promotion offers technicians a chance to win one of two custom-built vehicles: Z06 Corvette and Jeep Gladiator.
The addition of Tim Vitt completes the Medium & Heavy Truck Operations regional sales team.
Skonieczny previously held positions as VP and corporate controller of Adient PLC and spent 17 years at Johnson Controls.
