New Southco Asia Transportation Unit GM

Press Release:
  May 12, 2011 — HONG KONG -- Southco, a leading global engineered access solutions company, is pleased to announce that Stefan Wu has joined the company as General Manager, Transportation Business Unit, Asia Pacific in Shanghai, China.

Stefan joins Southco from Federal Mogul - another leading global diversified supplier to the automotive, off-highway, marine, railway, and aerospace industries for which he was instrumental in driving Federal Mogul business development and strategy in Asia Pacific with a particular focus on China. Stefan has extensive experience and expertise on both international and regional business aspects from various transportation markets.

In his new role as the General Manager, Stefan will be responsible for formulating and guiding the implementation of long and short range business plans, policies and programs associated with the Transportation Business Unit in Asia Pacific.

"Stefan is a significant addition to our Asia Pacific team," said Richard Hipp, Managing Director at Southco Asia Limited. "We are delighted to have him on board as he brings considerable experience and knowledge to our company. I have no doubt that he will play a key role in the development and growth of our business in the Asia Pacific region."

"The breadth of Southco’s product portfolio and its client focus was very appealing to me. I look forward to the opportunity of growing the company’s transportation business in Asia Pacific”, said Stefan Wu.

Stefan holds a Masters of Business Administration from Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and a Bachelor’s Degree from the School of Engineering, California Polytechnic State University.


Southco, founded in Pennsylvania USA since 1899, is a leading global provider of engineered access solutions serving more than 70,000 customers in Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. Southco offers an extensive breadth and depth of solutions including latches, locks, captive fasteners, hinges, handles, and other accessories for applications in the marine, automotive, off-highway/construction, rail, aerospace, RV/caravan, enterprise hardware, enclosure, computer, medical, industrial machinery and HVAC industries.

Southco is strongly focused on customised engineering solutions and global support for its key customers. The company aspires to be a virtual engineering centre for its customers’ engineered access solutions and is committed to providing outstanding quality and overall satisfaction. Southco’s promise to its customers is to connect, create and innovate to provide the best solution for every access engineering problem.

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