Organizational Changes Announced At Twin Disc, Inc.RACINE, Wis adv. 1. Certainly; really; indeed. v. t. 1. To think; to suppose; to imagine; - used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis. .--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 1999-- Michael H. Joyce, President and COO of Twin Disc, Incorporated announced today the restructuring of the Manufacturing and Sales/Marketing functions of the company. The changes coincide with the company's new fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999. "We have reassigned responsibility to provide global management of all key Functions," Mr. Joyce commented. "Finance and Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. have been controlled under uniform global guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. . In recent years the management of a single global product line has been under our Vice President of Engineering, Paul Pelligrino. A new Vice President of Manufacturing will be added to plan and manage our manufacturing investments globally. Jean-Pierre Parmentier has been named Managing Director of Twin Disc International S.A., Nivelles, Belgium, as part of the Global Manufacturing team." New Sales and Marketing assignments have been given to Lance Melik and Claude Fabry who assume global responsibility as Vice President Transmission and Industrial Marketing, and Vice President Marine Transmission and Distribution, respectively. John Batten bat·ten 1 v. bat·tened, bat·ten·ing, bat·tens v.intr. 1. To become fat. 2. , as Commercial Manager Propulsion Propulsion The process of causing a body to move by exerting a force against it. Propulsion is based on the reaction principle, stated qualitatively in Newton's third law, that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Products has similar global marketing responsibility for Twin Disc's new group of propulsion products. John Colvin John Colvin may refer to:
A region of Asia coextensive with the Far East. East Asian adj. & n. , while continuing his duties as General Manager of Twin Disc (Far East) Limited in Singapore. "This organizational change represents a significant response in recognition of our need to serve global customers in global markets. It fulfills our desire to coordinate the distribution network to provide global service for Twin Disc products. It adds focus to our propulsion products sales efforts in the European markets, reaffirms our commitment to superior customer service and adds definition to our program in Asian markets." Mr. Joyce concluded. Twin Disc, Incorporated designs, manufactures, and internationally distributes heavy-duty off-highway power transmission equipment for industrial, government, marine, agricultural and energy and natural resources markets. |
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