Brady Corporation Announces the Election of Patrick W. Allender to Its Board of Directors.MILWAUKEE -- Patrick W. Allender, former chief financial officer of Danaher Corporation The Danaher Corporation NYSE: DHR, is a large global company headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. Its products are concentrated in the fields of design, manufacture, and marketing of industrial and consumer products. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DHR DHR De Heer (Dutch: Mister) DHR Department of Human Resources DHR Department of Historic Resources (Virginia) DHR Dihydrorhodamine DHR Device History Record DHR Director of Human Resources ) has been elected to the Brady Corporation Brady Corporation is a US based multi-national company specialising in the manufacture of labels and label printers for use in offices and industry. Company History Brady was founded in 1914 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, as W.H. Brady Co. (NYSE:BRC BRC Black Rock City (Burning Man) BRC British Retail Consortium BRC Business Resource Center (Small Business Administration) BRC Bisexual Resource Center BRC Black Radical Congress ) Board of Directors. Allender, 60, joined Danaher in 1987 as CFO See Chief Financial Officer. and secretary and has played a key role in the company's growth over the past 20 years. He served as executive vice president from 1998 until his retirement from Danaher earlier this year. Prior to joining Danaher, he was a partner with Arthur Andersen & Co. "We are very pleased to welcome Patrick Allender to our board. He comes from a successful company with a solid track record of making strategic acquisitions. Pat has great business sense which comes from many years in a very successful business career," said Brady President and Chief Executive Officer Frank M. Jaehnert. "Pat Allender's experience at Danaher will lend itself well to helping us move Brady to the next level of success," said Robert Buchanan, chair of Brady's corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. committee. "I am impressed with the solid management team in place at Brady. As a member of the board, I look forward to working with them as they continue to grow company profitability and global presence," said Allender. Brady Corporation is an international manufacturer and marketer of complete solutions that identify and protect premises, products and people. Its products help customers increase safety, security, productivity and performance and include high-performance labels and signs, safety devices, printing systems and software, and precision die-cut materials. Founded in 1914, the company has more than 500,000 customers in electronics, telecommunications, manufacturing, electrical, construction, education, medical and a variety of other industries. Brady is headquartered in Milwaukee and employs more than 9,000 people at operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia/Pacific. Brady's fiscal 2006 sales were approximately $1.018 billion. More information is available on the Internet at www.bradycorp.com. |
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