27 December 2007

Kevin Woloszyk Named Quality Assurance Manager

New hire brings 15 years of quality-assurance experience to Midland Manufacturing

Skokie, IL Midland Manufacturing, the North American leader in railroad tank car safety valves and equipment, and a division of the OPW Fluid Transfer Group, has announced the hiring of Kevin Woloszyk as the company’s new Quality Assurance Manager.

Kevin comes to Midland after accumulating 15 years of experience in the quality-assurance field. Most recently, he spent four years as a Quality and Manufacturing Engineer with NorthStar Aerospace, Bedford Park, IL. His other experience includes four years as the Quality Assurance Manager for NTN Bearing, Mount Prospect, IL, and stints as a Manufacturing Engineer with Orion Manufacturing, Ionia, MI, Project Manager with Ronningen Research, Vicksburg, MI, and as an Engineer with Triple S Plastics, Portage, MI.

“Kevin has an excellent track record and Midland is truly excited to add him to our team,” said Tom Zant, President of Midland Manufacturing. “Midland’s products play a critical role providing worker safety, preventing NARs, and protecting the environment. Product quality is always at the forefront of our minds and bringing Kevin into our organization is an important step in continuing Midland’s commitment to superior product quality.”

Kevin holds an undergraduate degree from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI, and an MBA from DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business in Chicago. He has been married to his wife, Amy, for two years and will be located at Midland’s Skokie, IL, headquarters.

For more information on Midland Manufacturing, please contact your local Midland representative or Kevin Cook, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, at (847) 677-0333, or go to www.midlandmfg.net.

Midland specializes in products used on pressure and general purpose rail tank cars, chemical cargo tanks and ISO containers for the safe handling of toxic materials, chemicals, and food products: bottom and top loading/unloading valves, pressure relief valves, level gauge devices, and monitoring equipment. Midland is part of The OPW Fluid Transfer Group, that specializes in the safe handling and transfer of hazardous liquids and dry bulk commodities in critical applications such as gasoline, ethanol, diesel, chlorine, chlor-alkali products, LPG, acids, cement, flour and starch, among others. For more information visit www.midlandmfg.net.

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