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April
3, 2003 14:05 ET Shinn
Named Business Development Manager at Gage
Ferndale, Mich., April 3 –-- Steve Shinn, a
veteran chemical-industry sales executive, has been
named business development manager for the refining
services division of Gage Products Company in Ferndale,
Mich.
Mr. Shinn previously was director of national accounts
for the chemical division of Celanese Chemical, a $3.5-billion
manufacturer of commodity chemicals. He joined Celanese
in 1972, and went on to hold a variety of supervisory
and management positions in New York City; Wilmington,
Del.; Detroit; Charlotte, N.C.; Cleveland, and Dallas.
In
1986, he was named the company’s mid-central regional
sales manager with offices in Cleveland, and later transferred
to Dallas as western regional sales manager. In 1997,
he was promoted to director of national accounts.
Mr. Shinn holds master of science and bachelor of science
degrees from Springfield College in Springfield, Mass.
A native of White Plains, N.Y., he lives with his wife,
Barbara, in Fort Worth, Texas.
Gage
Products Company recently announced plans for a major
expansion of its solvent-recovery and waste-stream management
programs for the pharmaceutical, chemical and paint
industries. The company’s sales to pharmaceutical, chemical
and paint-manufacturing markets are expected to grow
from about $400,000 last year to more than $4 million
in 2007. During that same five-year period, Gage also
expects its total refinery business sales to jump from
$2 million to $8 million.
Headquartered
in Ferndale, Michigan, Gage also has operations in Germany,
the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil
and Mexico. The company is a leader in the field of
sustainable manufacturing and solvent remanufacturing
systems. Its paint-system solvent-recovery processes
are used in a majority of North America’s automotive
assembly plants and have attracted the attention of
European and Asia-Pacific manufacturers as well.
Additional
information about Gage is available on the Internet
at www.gageproducts.com.
Source:
Gage Products Company
CONTACT:
Tom Murray of Gage Products Company, Phone: 248-691-6737, Email: tmurray@gageproducts.com
; or Media Contact: Larry Weis of AutoCom Associates, +1-248-647-8621, E-Mail: lweis@usautocom.com
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