Trelleborg Names Segment Director

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions recently named Michael Cook as global segment director, off-highway, and marketing Americas segment manager, fluid power.

Cook will be responsible for the coordination of all aspects of business development, marketing, and sales globally for off-highway and help execute and support the global strategy for fluid power in the Americas.

Cook has been the fluid power technical specialist since 2018 and before that was an application engineer at Trelleborg. He went through the Trelleborg graduate program in 2015-2016 and most recently participated in the Trelleborg Sealing Solutions talent program in 2020-2021. Cook has a master’s in engineering management from Ohio University and a bachelor’s in biomedical engineering from Texas A&M University.

“Michael has been an integral part of the off-highway and fluid power segments for several years and played a key role in the launches of our AS568 O-rings and PU product line in the Americas,” said Mel Melehes, regional sales director. “His vision and strategy for evaluating target customers and identifying product and service gaps will enable us to globally maintain our focus on the right customers and areas that bring the most value.”