C&U Americas, LLC, the North American subsidiary of The C&U Group, one of the world’s top 10 bearing manufacturers and China’s largest bearing producer, has announced that Brad Fagan has joined C&U Americas to serve as a strategic account manager in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. He will be responsible for all sales activities in Wisconsin, Minnesota and northern Illinois. Fagan will be based out of Chippewa Falls, Wis.
The announcement was made by C&U director of sales, Matt Unsworth, who noted, “Brad Fagan comes to C&U Americas with a wealth of experience in both manufacturing and operations. His unique capabilities and expertise as both an engineer and a program manager will go a long way in helping C&U Americas to serve the needs of its customers and stay competitive in its diverse markets."
Fagan joins C&U Americas after a successful nine-year career at Merit Gear LLC, a Rexnord gear and gearbox manufacturer based in Antigo, Wis. During his tenure at Merit Gear, Fagan served in several management capacities, including manager of commercial operations, program manager and purchasing manager. Prior to Merit, Fagan spent three years at Brunswick Bowling and Billiards as a manufacturing and process engineer. He was also a product manager at Amron LLC and began his career at Waukesha Bearings where he served as a manufacturing engineer.
Fagan holds a B.S. in manufacturing engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
C&U Americas offers a full line of bearing types and styles for use in original equipment manufacturing, aftermarket replacement and MRO operations. The C&U portfolio includes more than 30,000 types of bearings in a wide range of specifications and sizes ranging from 1.5mm ID to 4000mm OD.
As China’s largest bearing producer and one of the world’s top 10 bearing manufacturers, C&U utilizes the formidable production capabilities of its nine bearing manufacturing centers, 36 bearing plants and 18 vertically integrated component plants to reach an annual production capacity of 819 million units.
C&U bearings are precision made in advanced manufacturing facilities that are independently certified for ISO9001 Quality Management System, QS9000/VDA6.1 Quality Management System, ISO14001 Environmental Management System and ISO/TS16949: Quality Management Systems.
C&U Americas' North American headquarters are located in Plymouth, Mich.
