ADDING and REPLACING Peter Frieling Named to Key Sales Position at Coherix
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ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(Business Wire)-- Add in last full paragraph above Note to Editors line: More information is available at www.coherix.com. The corrected release reads: PETER FRIELING NAMED TO KEY SALES POSITION AT COHERIX Peter J. "Pete" Frieling has been named North American automotive sales manager for Asian OEM sales at Coherix. Frieling's accounts will include automotive transplant companies such as Honda, Hyundai, Nissan and Toyota. He also will work with major automotive suppliers such as Bosch, Borg Warner, Delphi, TRW and Metaldyne. "Pete Frieling is a great addition to our team of account executives," said Dwight Carlson, the company's founder and chief executive officer. "His knowledge of the automotive industry, especially his expertise in applying metrology techniques to enhance manufacturing quality, will be a great benefit to us and our customers." A privately-held supplier of high-tech optical-based measurement and inspection products for the automotive and semiconductor industries, the Ann Arbor-based company recently helped found the Powertrain Engineering & Manufacturing Alliance (PEMAlliance) which is conducting a three-year, $12-million research program to develop advanced 3-D digital, high-definition holographic imaging and inspection systems to improve the quality of automotive engine and powertrain components. Prior to joining Coherix, Frieling was a regional account manager for Metris USA. He also has held key positions at several other companies, including LK Metrology, Brown & Sharpe and Lear Corporation. He began his business career in 1978 as a quality assurance specialist at Williams International. A Vietnam veteran, Frieling was in the U.S. Navy from 1972 until 1976. He graduated from the U.S. Navy Aviation Technical School in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1973, and served aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Oriskany, attaining the rank of second class petty officer. He was a member of the naval reserves until the mid-1980s. Frieling is a graduate of Oakland Community College in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Coherix supplies high-definition measurement products to assist customers in the semiconductor and automotive industries in the management of precision manufacturing processes. "Where a micron matters," Coherix's ShaPix(R) and I-Cite(R) products are in operation around the world for companies such as GM, Ford, Chrysler, Bosch and TRW, as well as with multiple semiconductor manufacturers in Asia. More information is available at www.coherix.com. Note to Editors: A high-resolution photo of Frieling is available upon request. Coherix Brooke Elliott, 734-922-4073 E-mail: brookee@coherix.com OR AutoCom Associates Larry Weis or Holly Clark, 248-647-8621 E-mail: lweis@usautocom.com or hclark@usautocom.com Copyright Business Wire 2008
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