Bolhoff’s Micheau New European Fastener Manufacturers’ President

John Wolz

Jean-Paul Micheau of B�lhoff Group was elected president of the European Industrial Fasteners Institute. Micheau succeeds Robert Lench.

Micheau is a member of the Bielefeld, Germany-based B�llhoff Group board. Founded in 1877, B�llhoff employs 2,000 people around the world and reported 2005 sales totaling Euro 400 million (US$501.5m).

Micheau is in charge of international development with focus on Southern and Western Europe and China. He is the president of the B�llhoff branches in France, Italy, Spain and China. He has been president of the French fastener association, Affix, and active in EIFI for more than a decade. He has been responsible for EIFI’s Automotive Group.

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