Hitachi Automotive Products - USA - names Nowak executive VP and GM.DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 1996--Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc. today announced that it has named Victor Nowak executive vice president and general manager. Mr. Nowak has also been named to the board of directors. Mr. Nowak will be responsible for the Detroit office of Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc. In this role, he will head up sales and marketing for the company as well as the Technical Center that currently provides automotive engineering Noun 1. automotive engineering - the activity of designing and constructing automobiles automotive technology engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry , design and development support. Mr. Nowak, currently senior director of sales and marketing at Hitachi Automotive (USA), Inc. has been with Hitachi 13 years. "I am excited by the challenges ahead and honored to be driving Hitachi's automotive presence in the U.S.," said Mr. Nowak. "Hitachi is the leader in the development and manufacture of automotive electronic systems and components in the powertrain, vehicle multiplexing, communications and information areas. Car manufacturers are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. suppliers who not only provide world class service locally but have a global presence also. "Hitachi has this presence," said Mr. Nowak. "Our combined automotive capabilities in Japan, Europe, China and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. truly provide our customers in Detroit with the benefits of doing business with a global corporation." Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc., a subsidiary of Hitachi America, Ltd., markets and manufactures a wide range of automotive products, including air flow meters, throttle bodies, engine and transmission control modules, electronic throttle control Electronic throttle control (ETC) is an automobile technology which severs the mechanical link between the accelerator pedal and the throttle. Most automobiles already use a throttle position sensor (TPS) to provide input to traction control, antilock brakes, fuel injection, and systems, alternators, ignition coils and idle speed Idle speed is the minimum operating speed (generally measured in revolutions per minute, or rpm, of the crankshaft) of a combustion engine. At idle speed, the engine generates enough power to run reasonably smoothly and operate its ancillaries (water pump, alternator, and, if control valves Control valves are valves used within industrial plants and elsewhere to control operating conditions such as temperature, pressure, flow, and liquid level by fully or partially opening or closing in response to signals received from controllers that compare a "setpoint" to a . The plant recently started manufacturing a sensing diagnostic module for electronic air bag systems. Hitachi's Technical Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan Farmington Hills is the most populous city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit and is known for it's affluence, excellent schools, great housing stock, luxury homes and a center of business in Oakland County and Metro Detroit. provides engineering, design and development support. To date, it has developed high-quality sensors and control units that are used to reduce car emissions and increase fuel economy while also meeting government diagnostic regulations. Hitachi America, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Hitachi, Ltd., Japan, markets and manufactures a broad range of electronics, computer systems and products, and provides industrial equipment and services throughout the U.S. Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is the world's leading global electronics company, with fiscal 1995 consolidated sales (ending March 31, 1996) of $76.6 billion. The company markets and manufactures a wide range of products, including computers, semiconductors, consumer products and power and industrial equipment. CONTACT: Larry Royalty Hitachi Automotive Products (USA) 606-734-9451 or O'Patrick Wilson Hitachi America, Ltd. 914-333-2955 wilson_o@halny.hitachi.com |
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