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Agents 2018-06-12T14:01:08-06:00

Australia, New Zealand

Ian Lanz
Timbs Pty. Limited
Email: ian@timbs.com.au 
Phone: +61 02 9979 2144
Fax: +61 02 9979 2155
Bio:

Timbs Trading has been supplying industrial raw materials to the Australian and New Zealand manufacturing industries since 1985. They have represented GMT in this region for the past 10 years in supplying metal fibres to friction and automotive product manufacturers.

Ian has over this period built up a good relationship with companies in these industries and has a sound understanding of their technical and commercial requirements.


Canada

Dave Colbert
GMT, Inc.

Email: davec@gmt-inc.com 
Phone: (847) 495-4700 x1112
Fax: (847) 215-4838


China

Howard Hui
GMT China
Email: howardh@gmt-inc.com
Phone: +86 756 323 1572
Fax: +86 756 323 1573

Europe

Ralph Engeler
Email: R.Engeler@Overbeck-Bremen.De 
Phone: +49 4235 957903
Fax: +49 4235 957970
Bio:
Ralph is German and was trained in the field of Import & Export Business in the earlier 80s in Germany through professional trading school and a typical German apprenticeship. Subsequently, he lived for close to nine years in the USA, in Connecticut and Arizona. Ralph was manager of the US subsidiary of a German company in the packaging industry, where he imported and distributed products from Germany, Korea, and other countries.
Ralph went to college and university in the USA and received a Bachelor of Science degree (U of Bridgeport) with honors and an MBA with distinction from Thunderbird, the number 1 ranked US business school for International Management.
Ralph went back to Germany in the early 90s to start his own business. He has led GMT’s efforts in Europe for more than 12 years now and is an integral part of our worldwide marketing and distribution system.

India

Pravin Jain
Super Circle Auto Ltd.
Email: pravinjain@supercircle.com
Phone: +011 91 11-51446500
Fax: +011 91 11-25457252

Japan

Naoaki Kondo

Sojitz Corporation (Japan)
Email: kondo.naoaki@sojitz.com 
Phone: +81 03 5520 3613
Fax: +81 03 6234 2905


Malaysia

K. H. Poh
Topaz Dynasty Sdn. Bhd
Email: poh@topazdynasty.com.my 
Phone: +603 7726 4486
Fax: +603 7726 4798

Mexico

Dave Colbert
GMT, Inc.
Email: davec@gmt-inc.com 
Phone: (847) 495-4700 x1112
Fax: (847) 215-4838

South America

Hugo Galarza
VIE TECHMAT INC.
Email: heg@vietechmat.com
Phone: (860) 571-9467
Fax: (860) 571-9469

South Korea

Kang-Wook LeeDure Trading
Email: leekw@duretrading.co.kr
Phone: +82 43 211 2233
Fax: +82 43 211 5355
Bio:

Dure Trading is an importer and distributor specialized in friction materials and gaskets which are used for manufacturing brake pads, linings and gaskets of various automobiles and related industries since 1992.

Mr. Lee spent 5 years in Germany studying and has extensive R&D experience in brake manufacturing and sales engineering for over 20 years while in Korea.


Thailand

Somphong Nitisahakul
Phongporn Intertrade Co., Ltd.
Email: ppi@phongporn.co.th 
Phone: +66 2 46 2868-9
Fax: +66 2 247 1952

Turkey

Murat Beser
Beser Otomotiv Makina ve Dis Ticaret Ltd. Sti
Email: murat.beser@beserautomotive.com 
Phone: +90 (232) 445 22 40
Fax: +90 (232) 445 30 40
Bio:

Murat Beser is Founder and Managing Director of Beser Automotive Inc. Company, he was born in 1971 in Ä°zmir, Turkey. Just after graduating from university he started working in the friction industry in 1992. He provided a valuable contribution to the company during his tenure of 12 years in the Export Manager Position by assisting profit means as well as in exploring new markets.

Murat has almost 20 years experience in the friction materials business and is still enjoying a variety of opportunities to expand his knowledge and skills professionally besides his work experiences.


Ukraine

Olena Zinenko
GMT – Ukraine
Email: elenazinenko@bigmir.net
Phone: +38 06257 4 37 01
Fax: +38 06257 4 51 90

United States

Dave Colbert
GMT, Inc.
Email: davec@gmt-inc.com 
Phone: (847) 495-4700 x1112
Fax: (847) 215-4838