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President of Mechanical Power Visits Suppliers and Factories
May 2, 2012
Doug Zwiener, President of Mechanical Power, Inc., has recently returned from a two-week trip to visit MPI’s factories and suppliers. The primary focus of the trip was to deepen relationships with manufacturers of Tapered and Spherical Roller Bearings. According to Mr. Zwiener, “Our suppliers are thrilled with the progress and growth they have seen from [Read more...]
Representatives To Visit Asian Supplier Network
September 1, 2011
Executives from Mechanical Power are traveling to Asia at the end of August for two weeks to review operations at the 12 manufacturing plants that supply most of the company’s bearing, sprocket and chain components. President Doug Zwiener and Executive Vice President Ron Lyle will meet with this select group of partners to update them [Read more...]
Mechanical Power Announces Three new Territory Managers
June 1, 2011
Ron Lyle, Executive Vice President of Mechanical Power, is pleased to announce the appointment of three high-powered, aggressive Territory Managers to fuel Mechanical’s growth plans. Dave Drudge has over ten years of experience in sales and customer service. Before joining Mechanical Power, Dave was the operations manager for a furniture company. This gave him invaluable [Read more...]
Mechanical Power Awarded ISO 9001:2008 Certification
February 2, 2011
Mechanical Power has announced that it has achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification demonstrating its adherence to the highest standards of manufacturing and management processes and its commitment to providing customers with quality products and complete satisfaction. “It is unusual for industrial distribution companies to obtain ISO certification,” notes Doug Zwiener, president of Mechanical Power,” “however, we [Read more...]
Mechanical Power Announces a New Sales Representative
January 15, 2011
Ron Lyle, Executive Vice President of Mechanical Power, is pleased to announce the addition of a new sales representative, Knoebel and Associates. Knoebel will primarily manage the new business growth for Mechanical Power in Wisconsin. According to Ron, “I have worked with Knoebel and Associates in the past and they are the strongest and most [Read more...]
Mechanical Power Announces a New Executive Vice President
November 15, 2010
Doug Zwiener, President of Mechanical Power, is excited to announce a new Executive Vice President in charge of sales and marketing, Ron Lyle. Ron has over 30 years of experience in building family-owned and middle market businesses. Ron started his career as a sales manager at Rockford Bolt. He took on the responsibility of National [Read more...]
Mechanical Power Announces a New President
November 1, 2010
Jim Dorn, Founder and Chairman of Mechanical Power, is pleased to announce the hiring of a new President, Doug Zwiener. Doug has 30 years of business experience including sales, business development, financial consulting and manufacturing senior management. Doug received his Master’s degree from Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. According to Jim, “Doug is [Read more...]