FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 2, 2004
Contact: Lonita McLean
Francis Marketing
(616) 235-1122

Granco Clark Hires New Sales Engineer

Belding, MI — Granco Clark, the leading North American supplier of aluminum extrusion equipment, recently announced that Bruce Spletzer has joined the company as Sales Engineer. In this position, he will be responsible for the sale and service of equipment for both new and existing customers.

Bruce, who holds a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University, brings 15 years of experience with industrial equipment to this position. He previously worked as a manufacturer’s representative in the electric motor and gearing industry and for a pneumatic pump and motor manufacturer.

“I’ve worked with a variety of industrial equipment and mechanical applications, which has helped me appreciate how important an extruded part’s dimensions are to a product’s ultimate performance,” says Bruce. “The equipment Granco Clark manufactures helps the extruder meet required dimensions, minimize the amount of unusable extruded material, and reduce scrap costs.”

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Founded in 1947, Granco Clark began manufacturing billet furnaces and has evolved into a global, single-source supplier and leading equipment manufacturer to the aluminum extrusion industry. Quality is a key component in every extrusion system the ISO-9001 certified company fabricates—from billet log furnaces and log shears to age ovens and stacking equipment.

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