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NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT
For Immediate Release
Leadership Change Announced for Webb
Wheel Products OEM Business
Tell City, IN (July 23, 2015) Mike Postma has been named
president Webb Wheel Products OEM Business following the promotion of Chad
Plank to pursue targeted strategic growth opportunities for Marmon Highway
Technologies. Webb Wheel is a member of
Marmon Highway Technologies’ (MHT) Brake and Wheel Ends business.
In his new role, Postma and his team will focus on
growing the company’s trailer OEM business.
Additional capacity will soon be completed at the company’s Tell City
manufacturing facility increasing volume throughput and scheduling flexibility,
which will support the planned future growth.
Jason Gerding, group president MHT Brake and Wheel Ends commented “I am
confident the team led by Mike will take advantage of the production upgrades
we have added to fully support current customer requirements and at the same
time pursue and land new business. Mike is a dynamic individual with great
talents that will serve him well in his new endeavor. We are pleased to welcome
him to his new role.”
Postma joined MHT in 2006 as assistant controller
before becoming group controller for Marmon-Herrington and SISU Axles based in
Louisville, KY. In 2012 he was appointed president of Marmon-Herrington’s
Aftermarket business unit. Postma graduated with a BA in accounting from Hope
College and earned his MBA in Managerial Finance from DePaul University’s
Kellstadt Graduate School of Business.
Webb Wheel Products, Inc.,
headquartered in Cullman, Alabama, manufactures hubs, brake drums and rotors
for medium- and heavy- duty trucks, trailers and buses. Webb Wheel is a Marmon
Highway Technologies®/Berkshire Hathaway company. Marmon Highway Technologies
(MHT) supports the highway transportation industry worldwide with a wide range
of high-quality products and services.