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The Haartz Corp. Promotes Jackson to Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Automotive Interiors Business

16 November 2000

The Haartz Corp. Promotes Jackson to Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Automotive Interiors Business

    BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Nov. 16 The Haartz Corp. has
promoted Tim Jackson to vice president of sales and marketing - interiors,
according to Bill Kendrick, president of the Acton, Mass.-based automotive
supplier.
    In his new position, Jackson reports directly to Kendrick and is
responsible for sales and marketing of the company's interior-trim products to
all the major North American automotive manufacturers and several tier-one
auto suppliers worldwide, including Johnson Controls, Lear, Magna, Textron and
Visteon.
    He will continue to be based at the Bloomfield Hills, Mich. sales office,
which primarily houses the company's interior business.  This encompasses a
full portfolio of moldable interior-trim materials, including a variety of
thermoplastic olefin (TPO) coverstock and vinyl laminates for instrument
panels, door panels and console lids.
    John M. Capron, vice president of sales and marketing - exteriors, directs
the company's exterior business from the company's headquarters in Acton.
This includes sport-utility vehicle and convertible topping fabrics for U.S.
and European automakers worldwide.
    Jackson has nearly 15 years of solid sales and marketing experience with
Haartz.  Most recently, he served for three years as director of automotive
sales - interiors, where he was instrumental in developing marketing
strategies for new products and generating tactics to increase sales growth
for the company's moldable interior-trim business.
    Prior to this, he worked at Haartz in various positions of increasing
responsibility.  He began his career as a sales executive with the former
Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based M&P Fabrics Inc., sales representatives for
Haartz.
    Jackson attended Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich., majoring
in finance.  He also completed several advanced courses in Plastics
Compounding and Application, Injection Mold Design and Plastics Processing at
the former General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in Flint, Mich.
    The Haartz Corp. -- a leading manufacturer of engineered-coated materials
for the U.S. and European markets -- has its corporate and manufacturing
headquarters, and a research and development center in Acton, Mass., as well
as sales offices around the world.
    The company supplies moldable automotive interior-trim materials, and
sport-utility vehicle and convertible topping fabrics worldwide.  One of the
top 100 global automotive interior suppliers, Haartz has served the auto
industry since 1907.  For more information, visit http://www.haartz.com