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Pond Assumes Role as New MEMA Chairman

19 November 1998

Pond Assumes Role as New MEMA Chairman

    RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--Nov. 18, 1998--Byron O. Pond Jr., chairman of the board of Arvin Industries Inc., Columbus, Ind., assumed office as chairman of the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) board of directors during Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week (AAIW), Nov. 3-6, 1998, in Las Vegas, Nev.
    Pond was elected by the MEMA directors at their meeting the weekend preceding AAIW. He and the other MEMA officers serve one-year terms ending November 1999.
    Pond began his career in the automotive manufacturing industry at Maremont Corp. in 1963 as director of field sales planning. He rose to president of Maremont by 1979 and chairman by 1980. After Arvin Industries acquired Maremont in 1986, Pond was named executive vice president in 1990 and was elected to the board of directors. In 1993, he was elected president & CEO of Arvin, and was elected chairman & CEO in 1996.
    In addition to his automotive industry activities through MEMA, Pond also serves as a trustee for the Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association (AWDA) University and as a member of the supplier advisory council to the Ford Motor Co.
    Pond is a graduate of Wayne State University with a bachelor of science degree in business administration. In 1985, he received his alma mater's distinguished alumni award for corporate leadership. A native of Royal Oak, Mich., Pond is married and has four sons.
    Other MEMA officers are vice chairman - Gordon A. Ulsh, executive vice president, worldwide aftermarket, Federal-Mogul Corp., Southfield, Mich.; vice chairman - Joseph M. Magliochetti, president & COO, Dana Corp., Toledo, Ohio; secretary - John M. Riess, chairman & CEO, The Gates Rubber Co., Denver, Colo.; treasurer - Eugene E. Ezzell, chairman, president, & CEO, Crane Technologies Group, Daytona Beach, Fla.; and ex-officio - William D. Grote III, president & CEO, Grote Industries, Inc., Madison, Ind. Robert R. Miller, Research Triangle Park, N.C., continues as president & CEO.
    Ezzell was elected to replace MEMA's longtime treasurer John P. Gardell, who has served MEMA in this capacity for 16 years, until Gardell's company, Marvel Oil Co., was sold to Turtlewax earlier this year.
    Newly elected directors serving four-year terms ending in 2002 are James R. Giertz, senior vice president & CFO, Donaldson Co., Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.; V. William Hunt, president & CEO, Arvin Industries, Inc., Columbus, Ind.; Craig H. Mulhauser, president, Visteon Automotive Systems, Dearborn, Mich.; and Brian Sokol, president, Blue Coral-Slick 50, Ltd., Cleveland, Ohio.
    Continuing as directors until 2001 are Michael Cardone Jr., president & CEO, Cardone Industries Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.; Ronald L. Cutler, vice president, marketing-automotive, TRW Inc., Washington, Mich.; Gregory T. Davies, president & COO, Westinghouse Air Brakes Co., Wilmerding, Pa.; Thomas E. Evans, president, Tenneco Automotive, Deerfield, Ill.; and Scott C. Meyer, president & COO, Ken-Tool, Akron, Ohio.
    Directors serving terms ending in 2000 are John C. Corey, product group president, The Stanley Works Inc., Columbus, Ohio; Sam Licavoli, president, trim operations, Textron Automotive Co., Troy, Mich.; William J. Lovejoy, vice president & general manager, GM Service Parts Operations (SPO), Grand Blanc, Mich.; and Dimitri Monge, president, Airtex Products, Fairfield, Ill.
    Serving as directors until November 1999 are John Doddridge, chairman & CEO, Intermet Corp., Troy, Mich.; Charles F. Jerabek, executive vice president and general manager, Global Automotive Lighting, OSRAM Sylvania Products Inc., Danvers, Mass.; Andries Ruijssenaars, president & CEO, Eagle-Picher Industries, Cincinnati, Ohio; Larry I. Sills, president & COO, Standard Motor Products, Long Island City, N.Y.; and John Washbish, president, AE Clevite Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich.
    Founded in 1904, MEMA exclusively represents and serves more than 700 U.S. manufacturers of motor vehicle components, tools and equipment, automotive chemicals, and related products used in the production, repair, and maintenance of all classes of motor vehicles. MEMA is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C., and has offices in Washington, D.C.; Detroit, Mich.; Yokohama, Japan; Brussels, Belgium; Mexico City, Mexico; and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    Note to Editors: For more information on Arvin Industries via the Internet visit Arvin's Corporate Home Page at http://www.arvin.com or Corporate News on the Net site at http://www.businesswire.com/cnn/arv.htm. For information via fax, please call Arvin's News On Demand service at 888/622-1161.