The School of Business & Economics and CenTILE Presents Managing for Growth by Dale Elliott. Mr. Elliott, Sr. VP of American Standard and President of Global Bath and Kitchen, and former Chairman, President & CEO of Snap-On Inc., has a 25 year history in product development, management and marketing.

Mineral and Materials Bldg., Room U113
Thursday, September 28
11:00 a.m. - noon

*Dale F. Elliott M00167489 BS '79 business administration

*American Standard Companies Inc. (NYSE:ASD) today announced the appointments of *Dale Elliott *as president of its global Bath and Kitchen business and Donald Devine as president of the Americas region. In addition, Richard Ward, vice president and general manager of Bath and Kitchen Asia, was named as president of the region. They join John Rietveldt in Europe, whose appointment was announced in May, as leaders of American Standard's $2.4 billion global Bath and Kitchen business. *All three regional leaders will report to Elliott.

*"We have put in place a strong leadership team to continue our progress in rebuilding and advancing the profitability of our global Bath and Kitchen business," said Fred Poses, chairman and chief executive officer of American Standard Companies. "Dale, Don and John bring us strong experience from other companies where they helped to drive both growth and productivity in globally competitive environments. Richard continues to do an excellent job in Asia. Together they comprise a leadership team with the expertise, energy and vision to return our Bath and Kitchen business to its historic levels of profitability and beyond."

Dale Elliott most recently served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Snap-on Tools Corporation, a worldwide leader in professional tools, diagnostics and equipment with $2.4 billion in annual sales and 11,500 employees.

In this role, Dale led a turnaround driven by a combination of sales growth, productivity improvements and enhanced operational effectiveness. At the same time Dale and his team increased new product sales and strengthened Snap-on Tools' flagship brand in a globally competitive environment.

Prior to this, Elliott was president of the company's diagnostics and industrial businesses with overall responsibility for the power tools group; industrial tool sales; the information and diagnostics units; shop equipment and service operations; and related product development centers. He joined Snap-on in 1995 as president of the industrial business.

Before Snap-on, Elliott spent 11 years with Emerson Electric primarily in senior marketing and general management positions, first with the Dremel division and later the S-B Power Tool business, then a joint venture between the Skil division of Emerson and Robert Bosch GmbH. He started his professional career in a family tool-and-die business associated with automotive original equipment manufacturers.

He holds an M.B.A. from *Michigan Technological* University and a B.S. from Michigan State University.

American Standard is a $10.3 billion global manufacturer with market-leading positions in three businesses: air conditioning systems and services, sold under the Trane(R) and American Standard(R) brands for commercial, institutional and residential buildings; bath and kitchen products, sold under brands such as American Standard(R) and Ideal Standard(R); and vehicle control systems, including electronic braking and air suspension systems, sold under the WABCO(R) name to the world's leading manufacturers of heavy-duty trucks, buses, SUVs and luxury cars. The company employs approximately 61,000 people and has manufacturing operations in 28 countries. American Standard is included in the S&P 500.

We have hired a new Machinist to work evenings and Saturdays. The shop will be open in the evenings beginning Sept. 26th. Shop training will begin after the 26th.

The short term shop schedule will be:

Sept 5th thru Sept. 8th 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (closed for lunch 12:00- 12:30)
Sept. 11th thru Sept. 15th 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sept. 18th thru Sept. 22nd 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Beginning Sept 25th the shop hours will be:

Monday 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday - Friday 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.
Saturday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (closed for lunch 12:00- 12:30)

Do not forget to check-in

1) Sign the logbook- Complete all sections as required, be specific as to what machine you will be operating. Always include account number
2) Wear your name tag
3) Have shop staff initial logbook before you begin work.
4) Inform shop staff before switching to a new piece of equipment.
5) Do not forget to log out

8 Persons maximum in the machine shop

4 Persons maximum in welding area (1 operator per bench during use of power
Equipment)

The CNC equipment will require meeting with Ed Sauvola in advance of evening, or Saturday use.

Plan to utilize the daytime shop hours as much as possible do. As Evenings and Saturdays become overcrowded

Ed Sauvola - Facilities Coordinator (906) 370-9028
esauvola@mtu.edu