CLEVELAND, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Parker Hannifin
Corporation (NYSE: PH), the global leader in motion and control
technologies, today announced the creation of a new leadership role in the
company of President - Europe, Middle East and Africa Group. Charly
Saulnier has been selected to assume responsibility for this newly created
position following his appointment as an officer by the company's Board of
Directors.
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Saulnier will have leadership responsibility for Parker's sales
companies in the region, as well as coordination responsibility for
functional groups such as information technology, human resources, finance,
legal, and supply chain. Mr. Saulnier will be located at the company's new
European headquarters in Etoy, Switzerland.
"As Parker's sales continue to grow internationally, it is important
that we have senior regional leadership in place with the appropriate
responsibility to meet customer needs and continue to achieve our growth
targets," said Don Washkewicz, Chairman, CEO and President.
Saulnier has served as President of Sales Companies, Europe, Middle
East and Africa, since January 2008. Throughout his 37 year career at the
company, Saulnier has held a variety of increasingly responsible roles
spanning engineering, operations management, sales and marketing, and
division general manager roles.
With annual sales exceeding $12 billion, Parker Hannifin is the world's
leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and
systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of
commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company employs
approximately 62,000 people in 48 countries around the world. Parker has
increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 52 consecutive
years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the
S&P 500 index. For more information, visit the company's web site at
http://www.parker.com, or its investor information site at
http://www.phstock.com.
SOURCE Parker Hannifin Corporation
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CONTACT:
Media, Christopher M. Farage, Vice President,
Corp. Communications, +1-216-896-2750, cfarage@parker.com, or
Financial Analysts, Pamela Huggins, Vice President & Treasurer,
+1-216-896-2240, phuggins@parker.com
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