Sensata Technologies B.V. announces election of Thomas Wroe as Chairman of the Board
ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts | July 12, 2006 | Thomas Wroe, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of Sensata Technologies, Inc. was elected Chairman of the Board at a meeting of the Board of Directors on June 29.
Wroe joined Texas Instruments in 1972 as a manufacturing engineer after earning a BS in engineering from the University of Rhode Island. During his career at Texas Instruments, he held a variety of management assignments in operations, engineering, marketing, and business development across all of the businesses in Materials & Controls. Wroe was named president of Materials & Controls in June 1995 and senior vice president of Texas Instruments in March 1998. The business within TI was renamed Sensors & Controls in September 2000 and was purchased from TI by Bain Capital in April 2006.
Wroe is chairman of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, a member of the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Business Roundtable, and is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. In addition, Wroe is a member of the Board of Advisors to Boston College’s Carroll School of Management, and the Board of Directors of Cape Cod Healthcare.
Sensata Technologies B.V., formerly the Sensors & Controls business of Texas Instruments Incorporated, was purchased by Bain Capital, LLC, a leading global private investment firm, on April 27, 2006.
Sensata is the leading designer and manufacturer of sensors and controls. It is headquartered in Attleboro, Massachusetts and has additional manufacturing and technology development centers located in Brazil, China, Holland, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and Mexico, as well as sales offices around the world. Sensata Technologies employs 5,400 people worldwide.
The company designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of highly engineered electromechanical and electronic sensors and controls, customized for a number of applications in the automotive, commercial (climate and appliance) and industrial markets. Sensata sells directly to a diverse group of leading automotive, industrial and commercial original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and to suppliers of integrated systems to OEMs, while also serving distributors to extend its global reach. Sensata manufactures approximately 18,000 different products that are highly engineered and application specific, and ships over one billion units each year.
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www.sensata.com.
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About Sensata Technologies
Sensata Technologies B.V., formerly the Sensors & Controls business of Texas Instruments Incorporated, was purchased by Bain Capital, LLC, a leading global private investment firm, on April 27, 2006.
The Company is the leading designer and manufacturer of sensors and controls. It is headquartered in Attleboro, Massachusetts and has additional manufacturing and technology development centers located in Brazil, China, Holland, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and Mexico, as well as sales offices around the world. Sensata Technologies employs approximately 5,400 people worldwide.
The Company designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of highly engineered electromechanical and electronic sensors and controls, customized for a number of applications in the automotive, commercial (climate and appliance) and industrial markets. The Company sells directly to a diverse group of leading automotive, industrial and commercial original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and to suppliers of integrated systems to OEMs, while also serving distributors to extend its global reach. The Company manufactures approximately 18,000 different products that are highly engineered and application specific, and ships over one billion units each year.
Sensata Technologies B.V.’s headquarters are located at 529 Pleasant Street, Attleboro, MA 02703-0964. Further information can be found on the Company’s website:
www.sensata.com.
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