Hunter Highlights Vol. 141

Hunter Announces Sales and Marketing Organizational Changes

Hunter Engineering’s Chairman Steve Brauer announced on April 1st that Dave Smith has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Beau Brauer to Vice President of Marketing.

Dave Smith joined Hunter in July 1975 as a Sales Representative in Richmond, Virginia and was appointed Cleveland Regional Manager in 1980. Since January 1984, Smith has served as Hunter’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing. During this time he led the growth of Hunter’s field management team and sales and service organizations from 200 representatives to more than 630 today. Similar growth was achieved in Canada.

As Senior Vice President, Smith will continue to manage Hunter’s U.S. and Canadian field managers and sales and service organizations, and provide guidance to Hunter’s Marketing Department.

Beau Brauer joined Hunter in 2005 as a Sales Representative in Charlotte, North Carolina. Brauer was named New York Regional Manager in 2007, responsible for sales, service and national account activities in the region. As Vice President of Marketing, Brauer is now responsible for all of Hunter’s Marketing and Advertising Department activities.

BMW Approves Hunter Alignment Lift Racks for Worldwide Use

To meet BMW’s rigorous standards, Hunter’s new BMW lift racks were required to maintain runway level to within 0.5 mm from side-to-side with nearly frictionless rear slipplates.

Hunter has introduced two new alignment lift racks for BMW’s retail service. The compact scissor lift rack, RXBMW, is approved by BMW for worldwide use. The larger four-post lift rack, 4PBMW, is approved for U.S. retail service. Both lift racks include unique design specifications suited specifically for BMW automobiles.

The first RXBMW lift rack will be on display at BMW’s National Aftersales Conference in April. Both lift racks will be available to BMW dealers through authorized BMW service equipment programs.