Accuride Announces Sales Organization Appointments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Accuride Announces Sales Organization Appointments Younger Joins Company as Director of Aftermarket Sales Pape Appointed Accuride’s Vice President of National Accounts EVANSVILLE, Ind. – June 9, 2010 leading manufacturer and supplier of commercial vehicle components, announced that John Younger has joined Accuride as its Director of Aftermarket Sales and Tony Pape has accepted the position of Vice President of National Accounts. “I am extremely pleased to have Tony accept this critical new sales position and to have John join Accuride and lead our aftermarket team,” said Rick Schomer, Accuride’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales. “The talent, depth of experience, and credentials of John and Tony will allow them to pave the way to further strengthen our existing customer relationships as well as creating opportunity to build new relationships in both the Aftermarket and OEM sectors.” With over 30 years of extensive industry experience in sales, marketing, and operations, Younger most recently served as National Sales Manager for Webb Wheel Products, a division of The Marmon Group. Younger previously held a range of related positions with Carlisle Corporation, ArvinMeritor, and Euclid. Younger holds an Executive MBA and BS from Columbus University. -more- News Release Pape has 23 years of marketing and sales experience in the commercial vehicle industry. Pape joined Accuride in 2005 as Vice President of Aftermarket Sales and most recently served as the Company’s Vice President of Marketing. Prior to joining Accuride, he spent over 14 years with ArvinMeritor in various Marketing, Sales, and Finance positions. Pape has a MBA and BS from University of Illinois and serves as a Board Member of Commercial Vehicle Solutions Network (CVSN). Accuride Corporation suppliers of commercial vehicle components in North America. Accuride’s products include commercial vehicle wheels, wheel-end components and assemblies, truck body and chassis parts, seating assemblies and other commercial vehicle components. Accuride’s products are marketed under its brand names, which include Accuride Gunite information, visit Accuride’s website at ###
