Eaton Corporation, a diversified industrial product manufacturer, announced the appointment of Curt Hutchins as president of the Asia Pacific region. James W. McGill, former president of Eaton’s Asia Pacific region, was named executive vice president of corporate human resources.
He directly reports to Craig Arnold, Eaton’s deputy chairman and chief operating officer of Industrial Group, and is based in Shanghai. Previously he served as president of Eaton’s heavy-duty transmission business.
“In the heavy-duty transmission business for more than two years, He Qinhong has handled a variety of market conditions and successfully responded to the delivery requirements under the hot market demand and the challenges brought by the current economic environment,†Luo De Indicated. “Ma Kaijie has made outstanding contributions to expanding Eaton’s business development and consolidating key partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region during his term of office. He believes that the rich experience of He Qinhong will help us to continue to realize in the important Asia Pacific region based on our successes. The grand growth plan of the market."
He Qinhong joined Eaton in 2003 as general manager of the heavy-duty transmission department. In 2004, he was appointed vice president and general manager of the clutch division. In 2007, he became president of the heavy-duty transmission business.
Prior to joining Eaton, He Qinhong was the vice president of operations at Waterpik Technologies. He also worked for Parker Hannifin and Textron. He received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Lawrence Technical University in Michigan and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Notre Dame.
Eaton Corporation is a diversified power management company with sales of $15.4 billion in 2008. Eaton is a global technology leader in many industries, including power quality, power transmission and distribution and control systems; hydraulic power components, systems and services required for industrial equipment and mobile construction machinery; and fuel oil for commercial and military aerospace applications. , hydraulic and pneumatic systems; and power and transmission systems that help trucks and cars improve performance, fuel economy and safety. Eaton has about 70,000 employees and its products are sold in more than 150 countries and regions.