Motion Industries, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company, is pleased to announce the addition of Hal Midkiff as Product Sales Manager, Process Pumps and Equipment.

With 27 years of experience in the process pumping industry, Mr. Midkiff has a wide range of knowledge in pumps and process equipment in industrial, municipalities, mining, and quarries as well as food processing. In his role, Mr. Midkiff will help to grow Motion Industries’ process pumps market share by identifying opportunities and working with pump suppliers, Mi specialists, and the Mi sales force to develop strategies, create the optimum product mix, support training and development, and provide customers quality solution offerings.

Jim Williams, Motion Industries Vice President of Purchasing, said, “We are very happy to have someone of Hal’s experience to lead our efforts in the Process Pumps and related equipment area of our business. This is a very important growth area for Motion Industries, and Hal is uniquely qualified to lead the growth.”

Mi Process Pumps & Equipment has quickly grown since its launch in 2007, by offering a variety of services to support Motion Industries customers’ liquid transfer requirements – with the objective of providing the most cost-effective and long-lasting solutions for their process applications.

About Motion Industries

With annual sales of $5 billion, Motion Industries is a leading industrial parts distributor of bearings, mechanical power transmission, electrical and industrial automation, hydraulic and industrial hose, hydraulic and pneumatic components, industrial products, safety products, and material handling. Through EIS, which joined with Motion Industries to form its Electrical Specialties Group in 2018, the company has broadened its offerings with process materials, production supplies, specialty wire and cable, and value-added fabricated parts for the electrical OEM, motor repair and assembly markets.

Motion Industries has over 550 locations, including 14 distribution centers throughout North America and serves more than 300,000 customers from the food and beverage, pulp and paper, iron and steel, chemical, mining and aggregate, petrochemical, automotive, wood and lumber, and pharmaceutical industries.

Motion Industries is a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC). Visit our website at MotionIndustries.com. Contact us toll-free at (800) 526-9328.