Dan Hill

Würth Industry North America (WINA) announced that Dan Hill will become executive VP of the Würth Group and CEO of WINA, succeeding current executive VP Marc Strandquist on October 1st.

“I am very excited to join the Würth Group as CEO of WINA. As an entrepreneurial leader and father of four, I could not think of a better or more fitting place to call home,” Hill stated. “I’m looking forward to meeting the team, our vendor partners and our customers over the upcoming weeks.”

WINA called Hill “a global, senior business executive with more than 20 years of distribution, sales, operations and profit/loss experience.”

Prior to joining WINA, Hill was president of Newark – Element 14 (Avnet),  a $600 million business with a sales organization across fourteen countries. He also served as GM of Crescent Electric Supply, the eighth largest electrical distributor in the U.S. He has been recognized with the “GE President’s Club Top Sales Award.”

“For WINA, I am confident that Dan is the right person to bring WINA through its next chapter,” Strandquist stated. “Dan is an energizing force and will continue to position WINA to lead the industrial distribution market.”

Strandquist began his tenure at WINA when he returned to the Würth Group in 2010 as first managing director for Würth Snider in Louisville. In 2013 became executive VP for all WINA companies, as well as Würth Industry Mexico, Würth Industry Brazil and Dokka Fasteners Norway. Sales in his business unit doubled between 2013 and by end of year 2018. He also spearheaded five major acquisitions and managed their integration into the Group, implemented SAP at two WINA companies and established Würth Industry Canada.

Strandquist will take on new responsibility and continue to oversee WINA companies Würth Industry Brazil and Würth Industry Mexico. He will also continue to negotiate potential future acquisitions. Additionally, Strandquist, who served as president of the National Fasteners Distributors Association  in 2016-17, will represent the Group throughout various industry associations, including the NFDA.

Würth Industry North America is a division of the global Würth Group. WINA has110 locations marketing 420,000 fasteners and C-parts plus services. Tel: 877 999-8784 Email: info@WurthIndustry.com Web: WurthIndustry.com