Friday, April 29, 2011

Ron Hesse To Speak At PMA Event

Ron Hesse, CEO and President of GlobalAutoIndustry.com, will be appearing as one of the guest speakers at the Precision Metalforming Association event, hosted by the Automotive Parts Supplier Council.

The PMA is the full service trade organization, representing the $113 Billion metalforming industry of North America, the industry that creates precision metal products using stamping, fabricating, spinning, slide forming and roll forming technologies, as well as other value-added processes.

Its nearly 1000 member companies also include suppliers of equipment, materials and services to the industry.  PMA leads innovative member companies toward superior competitiveness and profitability, through advocacy, networking, statistics, the PMA Education Foundation, FABTECH and METALFORM tradeshows and MetalForming Magazine.

Mr. Hesse will be presenting "How to Effectively Do Business Globally"

Before founding the HCI Group, Ltd., (parent company of GlobalAutoIndustry.com) in 1996, Ronald Hesse was Director of The Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency, Chicago office. He assisted more than 100 US Companies establish European operations and launched the agency's automotive acquisition initiative, helping more than 20 automotive companies establish European operations.

Mr. Hesse spent 11 years in executive sales and marketing positions in the technology field, co-founded several high-tech firms, including Ocean Communications, Inc., a television based business video production company, backed by venture capital.

The event, being held at the Sheraton Inn, Novi, MI., May 2-3, is a leading forum automotive executives and industry leaders to discuss the difficulties of supplying the market in an ever-changing landscape.  Click the following links to see the Conference Agenda and complete list of Speakers.