April
3, 2003 14:05 ET
Shinn
Named Business Development Manager at Gage
Ferndale, Mich., April 3 –-- Steve Shinn, a veteran
chemical-industry sales executive, has been named business
development manager for the refining services division of
Gage Products Company in Ferndale, Mich.
Mr. Shinn previously was director of national accounts for
the chemical division of Celanese Chemical, a $3.5-billion
manufacturer of commodity chemicals. He joined Celanese in
1972, and went on to hold a variety of supervisory and management
positions in New York City; Wilmington, Del.; Detroit; Charlotte,
N.C.; Cleveland, and Dallas.
In
1986, he was named the company’s mid-central regional sales
manager with offices in Cleveland, and later transferred to
Dallas as western regional sales manager. In 1997, he was
promoted to director of national accounts.
Mr. Shinn holds master of science and bachelor of science
degrees from Springfield College in Springfield, Mass. A native
of White Plains, N.Y., he lives with his wife, Barbara, in
Fort Worth, Texas.
Gage
Products Company recently announced plans for a major expansion
of its solvent-recovery and waste-stream management programs
for the pharmaceutical, chemical and paint industries. The
company’s sales to pharmaceutical, chemical and paint-manufacturing
markets are expected to grow from about $400,000 last year
to more than $4 million in 2007. During that same five-year
period, Gage also expects its total refinery business sales
to jump from $2 million to $8 million.
Headquartered
in Ferndale, Michigan, Gage also has operations in Germany,
the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil and Mexico.
The company is a leader in the field of sustainable manufacturing
and solvent remanufacturing systems. Its paint-system solvent-recovery
processes are used in a majority of North America’s automotive
assembly plants and have attracted the attention of European
and Asia-Pacific manufacturers as well.
Additional
information about Gage is available on the Internet at www.gageproducts.com.
Source:
Gage Products Company
CONTACT:
Company Contact: Tom Murray of Gage Products Company, Phone: 248-691-6737, Email: tmurray@gageproducts.com; or Media Contact: Larry Weis
of AutoCom Associates, +1-248-647-8621, E-Mail: lweis@usautocom.com
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