CINCINNATI, OH USA – OPW, a Dover Company (NYSE: DOV) and the global leader in fluid-handling solutions, is pleased to announce that effective immediately it has formed a new business unit called OPW Electronic Systems. The new business unit is comprised of OPW Fuel Management Systems and PDQ Manufacturing, Inc. This move is part of a broader Dover initiative to enhance customer value across its portfolio by leveraging synergies between its many operating companies.
Phil Carlin will lead OPW Electronic Systems as Vice President and General Manager and assume responsibility for the PDQ business. In addition, Gerry Hanrahan has been appointed as Director of Sales over the combined group known as OPW Electronic Systems.
“Gerry is uniquely qualified to lead the Electronic Systems sales team,” stated Phil Carlin, VP/GM OPW Electronic Systems. “He was extremely effective in leading the OPW-FMS sales & marketing effort for many years prior to joining PDQ. He has done an extraordinary job leading PDQ’s sales efforts and, he knows the distributors and customers for both businesses better than anyone else in the industry.”
Gerry joined OPW’s Fueling Component’s Canadian unit in 1999 before relocating to Hodgkins, IL, in 2002 where he led the company’s OPW Fuel Management Systems’ sale and marketing teams. In 2010 he joined PDQ as VP of Sales.
OPW and PDQ are now uniquely positioned to provide enhanced sales coverage, expanded technical support and training capabilities, and better service to customers and channel partners worldwide. In addition, the anticipated cross-functional collaboration and business synergies will serve to enrich future growth and organizational success.
Hanrahan has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from St. Mary’s University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Tennessee.
For more information regarding OPW or any of its products, please visit www.OPWGlobal.com; for more information on PDQ, please visit www.pdqinc.com.
OPW is the global leader in fully integrated fluid handling, management, monitoring and control solutions for the safe and efficient handling of critical petroleum-derived fluids from the refinery to the commercial and retail points of consumption, including loading systems, rail and transport tank truck equipment, tank gauging equipment and automated fuel management systems, valves and fittings, underground and above ground storage tank equipment, spill containers, overfill prevention devices, secondary containment sumps and flexible piping, fuel dispensing products, including swivels, breakaways, industrial and automatic dispensing nozzles for vapor recovery, gasoline, diesel, and alternative fuels, and clean energy fueling nozzles and accessories for LPG, Hydrogen and CNG. OPW also manufactures automated vehicle wash systems. OPW has 1650+ employees with manufacturing operations in North America, Europe, Brazil, China and India and sales offices around the world. OPW is an operating company within the Fluids segment of Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV).