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Staff Report 11:41 AM Monday, February 13, 2012

TROY, Mich. — Behr America, which operates a large auto parts plant in Dayton, John Tepas has named vice president of engineering for Behr America, which operates a large parts plant in Dayton.

Previously a Behr America director and chief engineer, Tepas also is a member of Behr America’s Executive Committee.

Since 2006, Tepas has had responsibility for a variety of engineering activities including, new business acquisitions; customer-program engineering groups for GM, Ford, Chrysler and various heavy-truck customers; Vehicle Systems Integration, Electrical Engineering; Air Conditioning Heat Exchangers and Battery Cooling, and Behr’s North America wind-tunnel operations.

Prior to joining Behr, Tepas held senior engineering-management positions at GM and Delphi, including engineering group manager at Delphi Thermal and Interior in Dearborn, Mich., from 2001 until 2005. He also served as manager of Asia Pacific Engineering for Delphi Thermal from 1996 to 2001.

Behr America has nearly 2,200 employees at facilities in Troy, Mich.; Dayton; Charleston, S.C.; Fort Worth, Texas, and Ramos Arizpe, Mexico.

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