< %=imgalt%>
Panchang ~ Manmohan Singh ~ Sonia Gandhi ~ Stock Markets ~ Gossip
Home / India News / 2007 / October / October 4, 2007
ArvinMeritor Appoints Larry Dowers Vice President and Managing Director of India

Top News

Praja Rajyam decides to approach court to vacate the stay on roadshows

Deshmukh meets Sonia Gandhi

Mumbai heroes who saved many lives

Travis Barker, disc jockey DJ AM to perform together

Mobile Koran launched in Israel

Proteas inexperience in Oz conditions will go against them: Ponting

Chemical reaction in landslide rocks may start wildfires

How cancer prevention drives aging

ArvinMeritor Appoints Larry Dowers Vice President and Managing Director of India

Photographs related to this story 

Click on the photo to see an enlarged view

ArvinMeritor Appoints Larry Dowers Vice President and Managing Director of India

New Delhi, Delhi, India and Troy, Michigan, United States

ArvinMeritor (NYSE:ARM) has announced the appointment of Larry Dowers as vice president and managing director of India, effective September 1.

In this role, Dowers is responsible for developing strategic plans, driving market growth initiatives, managing customer relationships and joint ventures in India for all ArvinMeritor businesses.

"Larry's extensive background in business development and commercial vehicle product strategy will be a tremendous advantage to us in growing our business in India," said Rakesh Sachdev, president of Asia Pacific.

Most recently, Dowers served as general manager of Product Strategy, where he was responsible for the development of new products globally for CVS. He has held a variety of positions within the company including Specialty Products, China operations and European sales in the commercial vehicle business.

Dowers began his career in aerospace at Lockheed, later moving into the automotive industry where he now has more than 25 years of experience, including leadership positions in Braking Systems at Lucas Varity and with the Truck Group at Navistar (International Harvester Corp.)

Dowers holds a bachelor's of science degree with concentrations in mathematics and physics from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has served on the SAE Truck and Bus General Committee and has also served as General Chairman of the SAE Off-Highway & Powerplant Congress.

About ArvinMeritor, Inc

ArvinMeritor, Inc. is a premier global supplier of a broad range of integrated systems, modules and components to the motor vehicle industry. The company serves light vehicle, commercial truck, trailer and specialty original equipment manufacturers and certain aftermarkets. Headquartered in Troy, Mich., ArvinMeritor employs approximately 19,000 people in 25 countries. ArvinMeritor common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ARM. For more information, visit the company's Web site at: http://www.arvinmeritor.com/.

About ArvinMeritor, India

ArvinMeritor, India has five centres of operations, one independent and two joint venture partnerships each with Bharat Forge and Anand Group, respectively. The company also has an independent technical centre in Bangalore. Set up in 1996, the technical centre focuses on engineering, IT and procurement activities supporting ArvinMeritor's light and commercial vehicle business.

To view the photograph, please click on the link given below:

Dowers Larry

krista.mcclure@arvinmeritor.com terry.huch@arvinmeritor.com

Source: ArvinMeritor, Inc. (Business Wire India)

Press release presented here is sourced from the Source mentioned above and is provided on as-is basis. Please contact the Company / Source directly for any further information in regard to this release. This website will be unable to assist you in regard to the accuracy or correctness of information in this release.