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Lou got his start in the abrasives industry in 1982 when he joined Norton as a sales trainee. By the following year, he managed a large sales territory in northeastern Ohio, dealing in industrial abrasives for the primary metal market. In 1984, Lou left Norton for Gateway Industrial Supply where he managed their abrasives division. A few years later, he purchased that division, and it became Precision Abrasives.

When it comes to meeting customers’ needs, Lou emphasizes responsiveness. “In many cases, we supply grinding products to entire mills, not just individual departments, so we know that a supply interruption or an issue that makes a product unusable can slow down or stop production. We take that responsibility very seriously.”

It’s more than that too. If you ask Lou what has developed Precision's industry-wide reputation for quality and customer service for more than 25 years, he has a simple answer. "Our customers trust the team we’ve built." Lou earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Grove City College.

Outside of work, Lou is an avid motorcyclist; he’s a big fan of Harley Davidsons. He enjoys cookouts, boating, independent & alternative music, sports, hunting, and fishing. He’s also very active in the Christian Coalition Outreach (CCO).

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George is the newest addition to the team, having just joined Precision in March of 2020. Previously he worked for Norton Abrasives where he was recognized and promoted to sales supervisor within his first two years. During his time with Norton he achieved the Winners Circle award as well as Rookie of the Year for his excellence in technical sales.

Prior to his life in abrasives, he was a Naval Surface Warfare Officer out of San Diego for four years, where he lived the old adage "Join the Navy; see the world".

George has extensive experience in conditioning, roll, cut-off, and hand-held grinding products. He currently focuses on steel mills and foundries, but has considerable knowledge of maritime and shipbuilding activities. George also shares egnineering responsibilities for all grinding applications.

George earned a BS in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Illinois in 2012 and his MBA at George Mason University in 2022.

His philisophy is best summarized by a quote about his priorities "Work, work some more, and work after that."

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Ron's experiences operating industrial machinery, studying metallurgy, and learning related skills, helped him appreciate what he calls "the other side of the sale." It went a long way to helping him learn the primary metals market.

"Most people think selling is the same as talking. I think, to fully understand the customer’s requirements, it is far better to be interested than interesting.” We say at Precision, “Stop selling and start helping.”

Before joining Precision, Ron spent more than twelve years with Norton, managing sales territories for abrasive products in industries as diverse as woodworking, aerospace, mill, and electronics. Ron left Norton as a Senior Corporate Application Engineer focused on the primary metal market. In that capacity, he provided engineering support to most of the steel mills producing flat rolled and bar products in North America. He was also awarded the company's Winners Circle Award for exceptional performance in sales as well as Saint-Gobain's Entrepreneurial Engineer Award for his work with large-diameter cut-off wheels.

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Reliable. Persistent. Engaged. Those are three good words to describe Shaun, who has more than 20 years of diverse experience in the primary metal, automotive, and specialty grinding industries.

A veteran of Norton, Shaun won the Winners Circle Award there five times and was named the sales team’s Most Valuable Performer in 2014. He also achieved Diamond Account Executive status, the company’s highest honor for sales representatives, a designation earned by fewer than 5% of Norton’s sales team.

Shaun has a simple philosophy for building productive partnerships with his customers: “Successful relationships are based on reliability, trust, and respect.”

His expertise includes conventional & CBN vitrified grinding, large-diameter cut-off wheels (LDCO), gear and bearing, roll grinding, and coated abrasives.

Shaun earned his BS in Marketing Management from Indiana University as well as a Certificate of European Studies from the University of Limburg, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Shaun and his family reside in Lafayette, Indiana, where they enjoying boating and traveling.

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Ron Meier is an Abrasive Specialist with over 31 years of sales experience. Ron helps make his customers productive and profitable by offering cost savings through in-plant product testing, grinding improvement solutions, and inventory management, while specializing in the primary metal market. Before joining Precision Abrasives in 2004, Ron worked for Norton Abrasives as a Senior Account Manager. In two sales territories with Norton, Ron honed his selling skills in many markets including an emphasis on the cutting tools and primary metal markets. Prior to joining Norton Abrasives in 1989, Ron graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN with a BS in Marketing in May 1989.

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Rodney lives in Huntsville, AL, and has been in the abrasives industry for 25 years, 21 of those years spent with Norton Abrasives. He won Winners Circle Award five times while with them. His first four years in the abrasives industry were with Baystate Abrasives, now known as Tyrolit. Over his career Rodney has focused on many different markets, including the oil and gas/energy market in Texas and automotive market in Alabama and Tennessee. His current focus is the primary metal market in the southeastern United States. His areas of expertise include steel conditioning, roll grinding, OD grinding, surface grinding; all large-diameter cut-off, foundry, coated abrasive, surface finishing, and super abrasives applications; and welding/MRO. Rodney earned his BA from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX. Rodney loves to solve abrasive-related problems for his customers. He also enjoys spending time with family. His favorite quote is: "To do what ought to be done but would not have been done unless I did it; I thought it to be my duty." Robert Morrison.