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News Release from: Horton
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Team on 18 January 2007
Fan drives supplier hires QA director
Worldwide provider of fan drives, fans, suspension products and wire form products has hired Doug Bassinger as director of corporate quality assurance for all Horton locations.
Horton has hired Doug Bassinger as director of corporate quality assurance for all Horton locations worldwide Bassinger will be based at Horton's Roseville, Minnesota, USA, headquarters, reporting to Randall Nord, president and chief executive officer
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Bassinger will have responsibility for TS 16949 quality system maintenance and auditing, supplier quality assurance, reliability engineering, field service and warranty administration.
"We are pleased that Doug Bassinger is joining our team and adding his impressive industry and quality expertise to Horton," said Nord.
"We continue to emphasize quality, reliability and customer service as essential elements of Horton's success." Bassinger has more than 30 years of experience in automotive manufacturing.
Most recently, he was director of quality assurance for the US operations of Getrag Corporation in Newton, North Carolina, a systems supplier and integration partner of transmission and drivetrain systems.
Bassinger also held positions as purchasing manager and manufacturing manager with Getrag.
In addition, Bassinger has worked at General Motors - as quality supervisor for the facility in Three Rivers, Michigan; and as quality and materials supervisor for the facility in Toledo, Ohio.
* About Horton Incorporated - with more than 55 years of industry experience, commitment to service, reliability and innovation, Horton is a premium worldwide provider of fan drives, fans, suspension products and wire form products.
Horton's comprehensive research and development processes are driven by a dedication to exceed industry requirements today and in the future.
The company has manufacturing plants in the United States and Germany, with a licensed manufacturing facility in Australia, and sales offices in the United States, Germany, Mexico, Brazil and Australia.
Horton products include VMaster Viscous Fan Drives, VMaster Ultra Viscous Fan Drives, DriveMaster Spring-Engaged Fan Drives, WindMaster Fans, EC450 Electromagnetic Fan Drives, MagForce Electromagnetic Fan Drives, Klondike Series Replacement Fan Clutches for the Kysor K22RA and repair kits for Kysor's K22RA and K22FA, repair kits, remanufactured fan drives, roller bushing suspension products and wire form products.
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