As it pushes its “coordinated autonomy” message to the industrial distribution landscape throughout 2026, Singer Industrial has enacted a top leadership change.

The industrial rubber, fluid power and automation distribution platform announced April 13 that it has promoted Pete Haberbosch to Chief Executive Officer to drive the company’s expansion forward.

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Haberbosch — a 27-year company veteran — has served as Singer’s President since late 2020. Along the way, he has played a key role in the company’s decentralized operating model that has seen significant expansion during his tenure. He joined the company in 1999 through Singer’s — then SBP Products — acquisition of Hampton Rubber as the cfirst company in its platform.

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Singer has completed more than 30 acquisitions over the past 10 years and today has more than 55 operations companies in its portfolio across 110-plus locations, powered by about 1,500 employees.

“Pete has been instrumental in developing and executing the Coordinated Autonomy model that defines Singer Industrial today,” Singer Chairman Don Fritzinger said in a news release. “His leadership ensures we will continue to grow with purpose — leveraging scale while staying close to our customers.”

Singer said that, as CEO Haberbosch will continue to advance Singer’s acquisition strategy through the lens of coordinated autonomy — which the company emphasizes centers on ensuring that growth enhances, rather than disrupts, the capabilities of each business unit while continuing to invest in the people who make that growth possible.