C&U Americas Names David Strutt as Canadian Regional Sales Manager
Responsible for OEM business and aftermarket sales activities in Canada
Plymouth, MI -Â C&U Americas, the North American subsidiary of The C&U Group, one of the world’s top 10 bearing manufacturers, has recently appointed David Strutt as its new Regional Manager in Canada. The announcement was made by Bill Childers, President C&U Americas, who noted that Strutt comes to C&U Americas with a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the Canadian industrial and power transmission business. His 15 years of sales management experience in the Canadian market will go a long way in helping us to continue to meet our growth goals in the NAFTA region.
Mr. Strutt will be based out of Toronto, ON and is responsible for creating C&U Americas’ infrastructure in Canada while managing all of the company’s operations in the region, including sales, customer service, warehousing, and administration. In addition to pursuing automotive aftermarket and OEM business, Strutt will also help establish Industrial Distributors across Canada to help carry the C&U Bearings brand into the Canadian industrial OEM and aftermarket business.
Prior to joining C&U Americas, David Strutt had been manager of the BPT division for Ontario Belting & PT since 2009. He went to the BPT division after serving at Kinecor LP, now known as Wajax. At Kinecor, David helped set up the company’s proprietary import brand for OEM business and also managed its largest sales territory in GTA.
Strutt also handled Technical Sales and was a Branch Manager at BGS Bearings, his family’s successful, 32-year old business until 1998, at which time, it was acquired by Motion Industries (Canada) Inc. In one year, Strutt advanced to become the company’s Regional Sales Manager.
David Strutt holds a Bachelor of Arts from Messiah College, Grantham, PA. He lives in Milton, Ontario, and helps coach his three boys local youth baseball and hockey teams.
C&U Americas offers a full line of bearing types and styles, in sizes from 1.5 mm inner diameter to 4000 mm outer diameter, for use by a variety of industries in original equipment manufacturing as well as aftermarket and MRO operations. C&U makes over 3,000 different kinds of bearings for a wide range of applications, such as wheel hubs, engines, gear-boxes, universal joints, alternators, water and hydraulic pumps, compressors, machine tools, mining equipment, and power tools, as well as industrial transmissions and motors.
C&U is the largest bearing manufacturer in China; producing over 2 million bearings per day from TS16949 and QS9000 certified plants in seven major manufacturing centers. From its North American headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan, C&U Americas is able to offer our customers exceptional value along with complete application engineering and customer service support.
For more information, visit: cubearing.com or contact David Marek, C&U Americas, 44330 Plymouth Oaks Blvd., Plymouth, MI 48170, Tel: 734-656-0260 ex 228, Email: MarekD@cubearing.com
Tony Barolin
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