Shelco Filters Brings in New Director of Sales and Marketing


Filtration Industry Veteran Focus on Goals for Renewed Growth and Product Expansion

MIDDLETOWN, CONN., (June 12, 2009) - To achieve its goals for revenue and profit growth, Shelco Filters has hired Bruce Hafner as its new director of sales and marketing. Hafner, a 20-year veteran in the filtration industry, will support the company's efforts to increase market share by securing new OEM business, developing greater distributor loyalty, and introducing new products.

Hafner will leverage his executive sales and marketing management background in the filtration industry to help direct the company's planned product expansion, which will create greater value to its customers.

He cites Shelco's ongoing investment in product development and its premier manufacturing capabilities as key to its success. He is impressed by the company's moves to strengthen their competitive position and increase overall revenue and profitability.

"Shelco has a well-deserved reputation as a leading manufacturer of premier filter housings and cartridges, so it is exciting for me to be onboard at this time of expansion," Hafner said. "We plan to transform Shelco into an even more dynamic company as we capitalize on the future growth of the filtration and separation industry."

Hafner has extensive management experience - particularly in areas of business development and strategic planning - at major players in the filtration industry, including KX Technologies, LLC (Orange, Conn.), Graver Technologies LLC (Glasgow, Del.), and Cuno Incorporated (Meriden, Conn.).

Founded in 1973, Shelco (www.shelco.com) offers one of the most extensive lines of filters and cartridges distributed and sold throughout the world. The company's product lines meet the needs of countless industrial and high-purity applications, including water and other in-plant liquids, gases, foods, beverages, chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, photographic solutions, fuels, lubricants, paints and coatings, plating solutions, and more. Additionally, Shelco offers a complete line of industrial cartridge and bag housings, along with a complete line of disposable cartridges and bags. Visit the website or call (800) 543-5843 for the full line of products.

Company Name: Shelco Filters

Address 1: 100 Bradley Street

City: Middletown

State: CT

Zip: 06457-1513

Country: US

Phone: 860-854-6121

URL: www.shelco.com

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