Talan Hires New Engineering Manager

Talan Products Inc. (Cleveland, OH) is pleased to announce they have hired industry veteran Fred Chordas as engineering manager. He has 31 years of experience in the metal stamping industry, with a focus on automotive and heavy truck. His experience includes high-speed stamping, heavy stamping, progressive die, and transfer and line dies. Combining all of that with his track record in program management and high-volume welding operations, he is the ideal person to take the position as the company continues to grow at a rapid pace.

As engineering manager he will assist the company’s customers in, among other things, designing products for manufacturability – one of the company’s major differentiators in the marketplace.

“Fred will be a tremendous asset to our company,” stated Steve Peplin, the president of Talan. “He brings us valuable expertise that will help both us and our customers with key design and production components, including design for manufacturability and concurrent engineering. Not to mention, he’s a successful inventor and patent holder, so we know that he has an innate ability to look at problems in new ways and come up with creative solutions. We’re thrilled as a manufacturer of tooling and engineered parts to have him.”

Incorporated in 1986, Talan is a full-service metal stamping company dedicated to meeting and exceeding customers’ expectations. Over the decades becoming one of the most acclaimed and highly regarded stampers in the U.S., producing a variety of products for more than 150 customers in the fastener, building products, solar, LED lighting, appliance, hardware, defense and transportation markets.

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