Kaydon® Custom Filtration Hires New VP of Sales & Marketing

La Grange, GA, October 02, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Kaydon Custom Filtration Corporation (Kaydon Filtration), a leading provider in fuel treatment, lube and hydraulic oil conditioning has announced the appointment of Jeffrey Canil as Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Jeff brings a wealth of filtration and marketing expertise to support the company’s global growth initiatives and leverage the combined expertise across Kaydon Corporation’s family of companies.

Jeff comes to Kaydon Filtration from a distinguished sales and marketing career with Pall Corporation moving through jobs of increasing responsibility within Pall Industrial. Jeff’s most recent position was Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development. Prior positions included Vice President and General Manager of the Power Generation Group and Director of Marketing of Industrial Hydraulics.

“We’re all looking forward to a quick and smooth transition as Jeff takes the reins for Kaydon Filtration Sales & Marketing,” said Peter Scovic, President of Kaydon Filtration. Jeff will be responsible for all global sales and marketing activities and collaborating with the manufacturing team for product development and ongoing quality control programs.

Kaydon® Custom Filtration Corporation is the industry leader in the development of turbine oil conditioners, as well as filtration, separation, coalescing and vacuum dehydration systems. Kaydon Filtration's fluid separation product family has expanded from turbine oil conditioning and filtration in power generation facilities to include filtration of: EHC fluids in power plants; electric utility transformer oils; oil and fuel in petrochemical refineries; fuel, lubricating and hydraulic oils in off-road heavy equipment; fuel and lubricating oils in industrial applications such as steel mills, pulp and paper mills, and mining facilities; and compressor lubricants and coolants in the air conditioning and refrigeration markets. Kaydon Filtration also offers custom design and private label filtration for a broad range of original equipment manufacturers (OEM).

Kaydon Corporation is a diversified manufacturer of highly engineered, performance-critical, custom products with a broad and diverse customer base. Our market leading, family of companies includes Cooper® Split-Roller Bearing Corporation, Industrial Tectonics Inc. (ITI), ACE Controls Inc., Kaydon® Corporation Inc., Bearings Division, Kaydon® Custom Filtration Corporation, Kaydon® Ring and Seal, Tridan® International, Inc., Canfield Technologies, Inc./Bow® Electronics, Indiana Precision, Inc. and Purafil®, Inc.

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