|
|
|
LYNNWOOD,
Wash. – February 13, 2008 –Crane
Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co. (NYSE:CR),
announces the appointment of John J. Higgs as Vice
President of Fluid Management Solutions. In this role, Higgs will be
responsible for the entire Fluid Management Solutions process from
product concept to launch and from order to delivery. Fluid Management
Solutions is comprised of positive displacement and centrifugal pumps
for aircraft engines, fuel flowmeters for measuring fuel flow rate in
turbine engines, fuel gauging systems for measuring fuel in aircraft
fuel tanks, and a line of high performance pressure sensors.
Higgs joined Crane Aerospace & Electronics in 1988
as an engineering student in the
Elyria,
Ohio
site’s engineering co-op program. In 1991 he was hired full time as a
project engineer. Since then, he has held increasingly responsible
positions, most recently as the Group Director of Fluid Management
Solutions. Higgs received a bachelor of science degree in Mechanical
Engineering from the
University
of Akron
and a masters degree in Mechanics and Design from
Case
Western Reserve
University.
|
