Collins & Aikman announces Toohey joins Imperial Wallcoverings subsidiary as president.CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 1996--James P. Toohey has joined Imperial Wallcoverings as president and chief executive officer. Toohey has been a top level executive at Hallmark Cards Hallmark Cards, a privately owned American company based in Kansas City, Missouri, is the largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. Approximately 50% of greeting cards sent in the United States every year are manufactured by Hallmark. Inc., where he held a variety of sales and marketing positions over a 30-year career. Imperial is currently a subsidiary of Collins & Aikman (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CKC CKC Canadian Kennel Club CKC Chiang Kai-Shek (former leader of the Republic of China) CKC California Kiwifruit Commission CKC Cool Kids Club CKC Cairo Kidney Center CKC Cold Knife Cone (biopsy) ). Earlier this year, Collins & Aikman announced that its Wallcoverings unit would be spun off to shareholders as part of a broad realignment re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. of the parent company around its core automotive textiles and interior trim business. "Jim Toohey's extensive experience with product development, marketing and sales will be a tremendous asset as we complete preparations for the spin-off," said Thomas E. Hannah, chief executive officer of Collins & Aikman. Toohey has had a long and distinguished career at Hallmark Cards Inc., based in Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo. After joining Hallmark as an account representative in 1964, he was subsequently promoted to district sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → , director of product marketing, vice president of retail development and executive vice president for international marketing. From 1991 until recently, Toohey served as president of Hallmark International -- a $700 million sales division with 5,500 employees worldwide. Since early 1993, Imperial's top post has been filled by Bill Brucchieri who is a veteran Collins & Aikman executive. During Brucchieri's tenure, an extensive reengineering program was implemented which has dramatically improved Imperial's manufacturing, distribution, and customer service capabilities. Brucchieri resigned to pursue other interests, but will serve as a consultant to the company on a transitional basis. Collins & Aikman Corporation is a major supplier of textile and plastic interior trim products and convertible top systems to the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. automotive industry, and a leading manufacturer of residential upholstery fabrics. CONTACT: Collins & Aikman, Charlotte A. Dennis Mahedy, 704/548-2072 J. Michael Stepp, 704/548-2395 |
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