Motion Industries Employees Elected to Fluid Power Society Board of Directors

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--Nov. 19, 2002--Two employees of Birmingham-based Motion Industries, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company , have been elected to the Fluid Power Society 2003 Board of Directors, according to Motion Industries president and chief executive officer Bill Stevens.
    Motion Industries fluid power specialist and division fluid power manager Larry Kuziak (AFPI, CFPS, CFPMHT, CFPIHT, CFPIHM) has been elected Fluid Power Society vice president of marketing and public relations. A lifetime executive committee member, Kuziak is also a past Society president.
    Danny Waters (CFPS), director of Motion Industries' Motion Institute of Industrial Education, has been elected as a director-at-large on the Fluid Power Society Board of Directors. His term lasts through the end of 2005.
    "Motion Industries is pleased to have our employees serve on the Board of Directors," said Stevens. "These appointments confirm our strong commitment to support the efforts of the Fluid Power Society."
    The Fluid Power Society is the international organization for fluid power and related motion control professionals. The Society's services include education, certification and professionalism for fluid power and motion control professionals.
    With 2001 sales in excess of $2.2 billion, Motion Industries is the world's largest distributor of bearings, mechanical power transmission, electrical power transmission and fluid power transmission replacement parts, and hose products. Motion Industries has more than 500 operations including nine distribution centers throughout North America and services more than 150,000 customers including automotive, chemical, food, beverage, wood/lumber, iron, oil, pulp and paper, steel and textile industries.
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