Hunter Highlights Vol. 130

Original Durant Production Team Members Honored

A special group of Hunter team members gathered at the company’s Durant Mississippi production facility recently to celebrate an exceptional anniversary. Each of the nine employees began their Hunter careers at the Durant plant during its first year of operation 30 years ago. The facility opened its doors in 1976 to produce Hunter alignment racks and jacks and remains the company’s sole rack and jack production facility. Recognizing their loyal service, Hunter President Stephen Brauer presented each with a gold company ring.

Front row, from left: Repairman Glen Mayo; Fabrication Superintendent Rodney Vance; Hunter President Steve Brauer; Production Scheduler Bill Summerlin; and Assembler George Ross. Back row, from left: Steel Inventory Clerk John Mabry; Maintenance Supervisor David Carr; Quality Inspector Willie Bentley; Welding Robot Operator Joe Comfort; and Quality Assurance Supervisor Jimmie Brooks. Certified Welder Harvey Tatum was not present for the photo.

Hunter Visitors

Pro-Align
The leading distributor of wheel alignment equipment in the United Kingdom, Pro-Align Ltd., is also the distributor of Hunter undercar service equipment there. Pro-Align routinely sends both sales and service associates to Hunter headquarters in St. Louis for factory training. The most recent group participated in a week-long course that combined advanced camera-based wheel alignment and GSP9700 wheel vibration management programs led by Hunter International Regional Manager Tom Ksiazek.

The group included Area Sales Managers Greg Thompson, Rod Grover, Chris Coyle, Chris Dear and Steve Brooks, Senior Engineer Barry Sumner, and Engineer Nigel Hughes.

From left are: Greg Thompson; Rod Grover; Barry Sumner; Chris Coyle; Tom Ksiazek; Chris Dear; Steve Brooks; and Nigel Hughes.

Equipment Solutions
		EQS National Sales Manager Stan Gipe led a team of EQS sales managers during a recent review of new equipment features and capabilities at Hunter’s research and training facility in St. Louis. Accompanying him were EQS Regional Sales Manager Mike Esposito and EQS area sales managers Doug Bortz, Mike Leedle, Michael Nutt, Bruce Cantrell, Shawn Robinson, and Dominick DeSalvo. From left are: Mike Esposito; Hunter Director of OEM Programs Jeff Kern; Hunter Heavy-Duty Product Manager Mitch Weller; Doug Bortz; Stan Gipe; Mike Leedle; Michael Nutt; Bruce Cantrell; Shawn Robinson; and Dominick DeSalvo.