MILWAUKEE, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Philip M. Gresh, Jr. was
elected to the Brady Corporation (NYSE: BRC) Board of Directors at the
company's Annual Shareholders' Meeting today. Gresh, 57, has been executive
vice president-consumer packaging products and decorating businesses for
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. since 2000. Prior to his current position, he
served as president of the company's Hi-Cone Worldwide division and general
manager of Hi-Cone USA. From 1987 to 1989 he was president of Heuft USA. A
graduate of Pennsylvania State University, Gresh also serves on the board of
the Center for Marine Conservation and on the finance committee for Edward
Hospital in Naperville, Ill.
"We are very pleased to welcome Phil Gresh to our board," said Robert
Buchanan, chair of Brady's corporate governance committee. "He is a very well
rounded business person with global experience from a highly reputable, well
run company known for its superior business processes."
"It is an exciting time to be involved with Brady, and I appreciate the
opportunity to be a part of this solid, growth-oriented company with great
management and an excellent future," said Gresh.
Gresh joins Richard Bemis, president and CEO of Bemis Manufacturing;
Robert Buchanan, non-executive chairman of Fox Valley Corporation; Mary Bush,
president of Bush International, Inc.; Frank Harris, distinguished professor
and director of the Maurice Morton Institute of Polymer Science and Biomedical
Engineering at the University of Akron; consultant Frank Jarc; Peter
Lettenberger, retired partner of the law firm Quarles & Brady; Gary Nei,
chairman of Nei-Turner Media; Roger Pierce, consultant; Elizabeth Pungello,
Developmental Psychologist at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development
Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Brady
President and Chief Executive Officer Frank Jaehnert; who were all re-elected
to the Brady Board of Directors today.
Brady is an international manufacturer and marketer of identification and
materials solutions, with products including labels, signs, precision die-cut
materials, printing systems, software, and label-application and data-
collection systems for electronics, telecommunications, manufacturing,
electrical, and a variety of other markets. Founded in 1914, Brady is
headquartered in Milwaukee and employs about 4,700 people in operations in the
United States, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America and Canada. The company
had sales of $816 million in fiscal 2005. Brady stock trades on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol BRC. More information is available on the
Internet at http://www.bradycorp.com , which includes an interactive version
of the 2005 Annual Report to Shareholders.
SOURCE Brady Corporation
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