Hale Products Announces the Promotion of Dennis Blackshire to Senior Quality Manager

Hale Products, Inc. is pleased to announce the promotion of Dennis Blackshire  to the role of Senior Quality Manager. In addition to managing Hale’s Quality and Continuous Improvement groups, Dennis will assuming responsibility for the fabrication and machining centers at the company’s headquarters in Ocala, FL.

Mr. Blackshire has been with the company since December 2013. “In the short time Dennis has been with the organization, his contributions have been extremely important to our company. He has worked with our suppliers to improve their processes as well as bring new disciplines to our own internal production cells,” stated Hale Products’ General Manager, Bill Simmons. “The result will be further enhancements to our reputation of bringing superior performing and reliable pumps to the fire service market.”

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