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Oiles America Names Tim Fralick to Head Sales & Marketing

10 January 2000

Oiles America Names Tim Fralick to Head Sales & Marketing

    NOVI, Mich.--Jan. 10, 2000--Oiles America Corporation, a Tier One supplier of self-lubricating bearings to the automobile industry and to other Tier One suppliers, has named Timothy L. Fralick Director of Sales & Marketing, effective immediately.
    Fralick comes to Oiles America with over thirteen years of experience in the bearing industry catering to the automotive market. He manages a staff of seven, is charged with deepening relationships with U.S.-based automotive manufacturers as well as broadening the customer base of Oiles in North America.
    He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan.
    Oiles America Corporation is the U.S.-based subsidiary of Oiles Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, with 11 other subsidiaries worldwide. A leader in self-lubricating bearings since its inception in 1942, Oiles today manufactures self-lubricating bearings for automobiles, suspension bridges, office automation printers, handling robots, multi-welding machines, agricultural equipment, and extruders and plastic injection machines, among other applications. Oiles America was established in 1976. Oiles maintains its U.S. headquarters in Novi, Michigan, and operates a manufacturing plant in Charlotte, North Carolina. Oiles America is QS 9000-certified.