Meritor WABCO Names Jon Morrison General Manager (February 1, 2006)
Meritor WABCO Names Jon Morrison General Manager TROY, Mich., (Feb. 1, 2006)
Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems has
announced the appointment of Jon Morrison as General Manager, effective immediately. According to the Meritor WABCO board of directors, Morrison will direct the joint venture’s strategic and operational business plans along with day-to-day management.
He succeeds Denny Sandberg, who has resigned to pursue other business interests. Sandberg joined Rockwell Automotive in 1979 and was named president and general manager of Meritor WABCO in 2000.
“Jon’s leadership will enable our long-time joint venture to significantly grow by
providing our valued customers with more advanced technologies that make a positive
difference in fleets’ operations,” said Pedro Ferro, vice president of ArvinMeritor’s
Commercial Vehicle Systems (CVS) Brake business, and a Meritor WABCO board
member.
Morrison is a 25-year experienced automotive industry executive having served most
recently as global director of sales and application engineering at Dana Corp. in
Rochester Hills, Mich.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in general management from Purdue University, in West
Lafayette, Ind., and a master’s degree in business administration from Bowling Green
State University in Ohio. He will be based at the Meritor WABCO headquarters in
Troy.
Meritor WABCO1 is a joint venture of ArvinMeritor Inc., (NYSE:ARM) and the WABCO
Vehicle Control Systems business of American Standard Companies Inc. (NYSE:ASD).
WABCO, the vehicle control systems business of American Standard Companies, is
the world's leading producer of electronic braking, stability, suspension and
transmission control systems for heavy duty commercial vehicles. WABCO products
are also increasingly used in luxury cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs). Customers
include the world's leading commercial truck, trailer, bus and passenger car
manufacturers. Founded in the United States in 1869 as Westinghouse Air Brake
Company, WABCO was acquired by American Standard in 1968. Headquartered in
Brussels, Belgium, the business today employs nearly 7000 people in 30 office and
production facilities worldwide. In 2005, WABCO contributed US$1.83 billion to
American Standard's total sales of US$10.2 billion. Website: www.wabco-auto.com.
ArvinMeritor, Inc. is a premier global supplier of a broad range of integrated
systems, modules and components to the motor vehicle industry. The company serves light vehicle, commercial truck, trailer and specialty original equipment manufacturers and certain aftermarkets. Headquartered in Troy, Mich., ArvinMeritor employs approximately 29,000 people at more than 120
manufacturing facilities in 25 countries. ArvinMeritor common stock is traded
on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ARM. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at: http://www.arvinmeritor.com.
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1 Meritor WABCO products are available in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
CONTACTS:
D. Mike Pennington
(248) 435-1933
mailto:david.pennington@arvinmeritor.com
Christina Kraning
(248) 435-1294
mailto:christina.kraning@arvinmeritor.com
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