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Morris, Minn. – Superior Industries, Inc., a Minnesota-based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, has added Kyle Donaldson to their conveyor components outside sales team. Alongside Superior’s distributors, he will represent Superior in his home province of Ontario plus all of Canada’s Maritime region.

“Kyle’s energy level is tremendous and he’s very well respected in the region,” says Mike McFerren, Superior manager of conveyor components sales. “Additionally, he’s very experienced! Experienced in aggregates, experienced in the local market, and experienced with our products.”

Donaldson’s dad worked in the industry for 50-years and eventually attracted his son into aggregates. He comes to Superior after 14 years working in various roles for ELRUS Aggregate Systems where he most recently served in their sales department.

In his new role at Superior, Donaldson is a territory sales manager for conveyor components. That means he’ll travel the region selling, supporting and training the industry about Superior’s idlers, pulleys, belt scrapers and dozens of other models of conveyor parts.

With his wife, daughter, son, and adopted dog – Bauer – Donaldson’s home is located about an hour west of Toronto. Those looking to connect with him can reach out at [email protected].

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Morris, Minn. – Superior Industries, Inc., a U.S.-based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, is excited to announce the appointment of Jeff Gray as its director of international sales. Gray, a 25-year industry veteran, will lead construction aggregate sales efforts outside of the United States and Canada in addition to working closely with the manufacturer’s group of mining division employees and products.

“Many of us have gotten to know Jeff over the years and he has a lot of fans inside Superior” says John Garrison, vice president of sales for the manufacturer. “He’s extremely knowledgeable about crushing and screening, is passionate about serving others, and will fit very well into our culture.”

Gray comes to Superior after almost 25 years at Astec, most recently as the company’s key accounts and systems director. Before that he served in various positions with Astec’s Telsmith brand, including vice president of sales and marketing.

“There is so much opportunity for Superior and our growing distribution network as we continue introducing our people, products and problem-solving culture to new countries and regions,” says Garrison. “We’re excited for our customer to work with Jeff and his new team at Superior and take advantage of this awesome opportunity!”

Morris, Minn. – Superior Industries, Inc., a US-based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, today announced that its washing product specialist, Frank Squires, is retiring after a 60-plus year career humbly serving the aggregates industry. Squires was a mentor to dozens of producers and manufacturers during his long, storied career including many colleagues in Superior’s wet processing segment.

“Early on, he put me in the right situations and pointed me in the right direction so I could learn from him and others,” says John Bennington, a colleague at Superior who considers Squires a mentor. “So many people learned many technical details from him that were essential to our own achievements,”

Squires is a proven innovator and world-renowned expert in washing and classifying technologies. His work has earned five patents for the companies he served. Particularly, he is a co-inventor of next-level, computer control systems for classifying tanks. Squires is a 2018 inductee into the Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame.

“On behalf of all of our employees at Superior, I want to express our deepest gratitude to Frank,” says Bennington. “His generosity of time, passion for customers and patience to teach have made us all better people inside and outside of work.”

After graduating from Des Moines Technical High School in 1957, Squires started as a draftsman at Eagle Iron Works (EIW). He drew up washing equipment during his 16 years at the company before transitioning into more technical work. Eventually, he took on a position fully dedicated to sales in 1971 then became sales manager at GreyStone in the early 1990s. In 2014, Superior Industries acquired GreyStone and Squires served as an aggregate specialist for the manufacturer’s wet processing products.

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