Cooper Industries Appoints Gary A. Masse Group President, Tools & Hardware.HOUSTON -- Cooper Industries Cooper Industries NYSE: CBE is one of the oldest large companies in the United States, having been founded in 1833 as a partnership in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Incorporated in Ohio as The C. & G. , Ltd. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CBE CBE Commander of the Order of the British Empire (a Brit. title) CBE n abbr (= Companion of (the Order of) the British Empire) → título de nobleza CBE n abbr (= ) today announced the appointment of Gary A. Masse as group president, Cooper Tools & Hardware. In his new position, Mr. Masse will be responsible for the Cooper Hand Tools business unit headquartered in Raleigh, NC and the Cooper Power Tools organization headquartered in Lexington, SC. Mr. Masse joins Cooper after nine years with 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. where he most recently served as Vice President and Group Executive of Gilbarco-Veeder Root after holding executive positions in several other units of Danaher. Earlier in his career, Mr. Masse spent 12 years in operating and management positions with General Electric. He holds an undergraduate degree “First degree” redirects here. For the BBC television series, see First Degree. An undergraduate degree (sometimes called a first degree or simply a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Hartford. "We are delighted to have an individual with Gary Masse's demonstrated skills and experience leading our global Tools & Hardware segment," said Kirk S. Hachigian, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cooper Industries. "He brings a wealth of experience and management expertise to Cooper that will continue improvements in operating performance and market expansion of our Cooper Hand Tools and Cooper Power Tools businesses. Gary is a great addition to our management team with the insight and experience to expand the product offering and global reach of our tools businesses." Masse replaces Steven L. Sisney, who has left Cooper to pursue other opportunities. Cooper's tools and hardware organization consists of 56 manufacturing and sales facilities in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia Pacific and offers an extensive line of electric and pneumatic pneumatic /pneu·mat·ic/ (noo-mat´ik) 1. pertaining to air. 2. respiratory. pneu·mat·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to air or other gases. 2. industrial power tools, automated assembly systems and premium hand tools. Cooper Industries, with 2004 revenues of $4.8 billion, is a worldwide manufacturer of electrical products, tools and hardware. Additional information about Cooper is available on the company's World Wide Web site: www.cooperindustries.com. |
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