NTN Announces Key Addition to Automotive Aftermarket Sales Team
Mt. Prospect, IL – NTN Bearing Corporation, the parent company of BCA Bearings and Bower Bearings, is pleased to announce the addition of Kevin Huckins to our Automotive Aftermarket sales team. Huckins is joining NTN’s Automotive Aftermarket business unit as Regional Sales Manager, Western Region.
“We are thrilled to add Kevin to our sales management team.” said Charles Harris, Vice President of Sales & Marketing – Automotive Aftermarket for NTN. “His in depth knowledge of the automotive and heavy-duty aftermarkets are an important asset to our organization, and his experience in sales management and ability to navigate our multifaceted distribution channels make him the ideal candidate to take our western region to the next level. I welcome his energetic, get it done attitude, and look forward to empowering his success in this role.”
Huckins joins NTN with an extensive and successful background in sales management in the automotive and heavy-duty aftermarkets. His experience includes 26 years as an Area/Regional Sales Manager for Tenneco on the automotive side, followed by 6 years as a Regional Manager for Industrial Parts Depot where he focused on the heavy-duty aftermarket.
In his role as Regional Sales Manager, Western Region, Huckins will manage NTN’s multipronged sales efforts and sales agency partners for the Automotive Aftermarket and Heavy-Duty Aftermarket business segments. Huckins resides in the Seattle, WA area, from which he will manage the western region of the United States.
ABOUT NTN
Founded in 1918, NTN is one of the world’s largest producers of premium quality ball and roller bearings, long recognized for the most stringent quality standards in the industry. With plants around the globe and a strong domestic manufacturing network, over 80% of the products sold by NTN in North America are made by one of the ten plants the company operates in the USA and Canada. NTN USA Corporation serves as the headquarters and holding company of NTN’s entities across the Americas, including its subsidiary companies for manufacturing and sales.
ABOUT BCA
BCA has over a century of experience supplying wheel end solutions in America. Today BCA is owned by NTN, a global manufacturer of wheel hub assemblies and bearings. As the #1 supplier of OE-quality hub assemblies, we fulfill more than 30% of the demand for North American OE vehicle production from our Elgin, Illinois plant. In the Aftermarket, this gives BCA the advantage of providing highly-engineered replacement parts that meet or exceed the OE engineering specifications. We leverage this expertise to offer application full-line coverage for both domestic and foreign nameplates. For more information, visit BCABearings.com.
ABOUT BOWER
Bower has over a century of experience supplying heavy duty bearing solutions to North America. Today our manufacturing plants in Macomb, Illinois and Hamilton, Alabama continue to produce bearings for customers worldwide. Bower’s USA-based, dedicated automotive engineering and testing center entrenches Bower as the industry leader in bearing innovation. Bower is owned by NTN, a leading global manufacturer of automotive and industrial bearings. For more information, visit PowerofBower.com.