Bob Boyle has been named director - power transmission products for Applied Industrial Technologies, according to Tom Armold, vice president - product management & marketing. In his new position, Bob manages the profitability, promotions and overall strategy for power transmission products.

 

Bob's contributions and leadership have prepared him well for this new level of responsibility," said Armold. "With over 20 years of marketing, sales and management experience, Bob is well-suited to lead Applied's power transmission product management." 

 

Bob began his career with Applied in August 2000 as industry marketing manager for aggregate and cement. His background prior to Applied includes sales and management experience in the manufacturing / power transmission industry.

 

Bob received a bachelor of science degree in industrial distribution from Texas A&M University.  He currently resides in Aurora, Ohio with his wife, Berniece, and son, Donovan.

 

With more than 430 facilities and 4,300 employee-associates across North America, Applied Industrial Technologies is an industrial distributor that offers more than 2 million parts critical to the operations of MRO and OEM customers in virtually every industry. In addition, Applied provides engineering, design and systems integration for industrial and fluid power applications, as well as customized mechanical, fabricated rubber and fluid power shop services. For its fiscal year ended June 30, 2004, Applied posted sales of $1.52 billion.