LAI names director of sales to business development team

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 17, 2008 — LAI International, Inc., a strategic supplier of precision components and sub-assemblies for original equipment manufacturers, has named Gerhard Schwebler as director of sales. 
   Schwebler will lead business development initiatives in LAI's core vertical markets, including power generation, aerospace, defense and electronics. Schwebler, who is headquartered at LAI's Scarborough, Maine, facility, has more than 20 years of experience in business development and management roles in high-tech companies doing business with original equipment manufacturers in power generation, petro-chemical, electronics, utility and telecommunications industries. 
   He was national sales manager at The HOMAC Companies, Ormond Beach, Fla.; and has held positions including global market manager and business development manager, at FCI USA, Inc., Burndy Division, Manchester, N.H. He was plant manager at Triangle Circuits of Connecticut, Danbury, Conn.; and engineering and CNC supervisor for Teknicircuits Inc., Danbury, Conn. 
   Gerhard holds four design patents, domestic and international, covering electronic connection methods. He has served on the standards committee of Alliance for Telecommunication Industry Association and as electronic media chair for the International Telecommunications Energy Conference since 2006. 

About LAI International

   LAI is an approved supplier for large potential growth manufacturing programs, including projects in green power plant technology, aircraft parts and sub-assemblies, and defense components. Revenues are forecast to reach $58 million in 2008, with an employment base projected at 350 by the end of the year.
   The company continues to execute its strategy of expanding its capabilities by taking on more of its customers' supply chain. LAI's acquisition in 2007 of RTI, Scarborough, Maine, expands its capabilities in manufacturing power generation and rotating equipment. In addition, LAI operates four other manufacturing facilities, dispersed in key manufacturing regions across North America, with locations in Minneapolis, Phoenix, Tucson and Westminster, Md.
   LAI is known for its experience in supply chain management of complex manufacturing processes and its technical expertise in advanced waterjet cutting, drilling and five-axis machining, as well as precision laser processing, including laser cutting, drilling, welding, heat-treating and five-axis machining. The company also offers high-speed CNC machining, electrical discharge machining, including wire, plunge and hole-drilling EDM processing, five-axis grinding, welding, conventional machining and certified gage calibration. Additional capabilities include sheet metal fabrication, tool design and air-flow inspection.
   LAI was acquired by Spell Capital Partners, LLC, Minneapolis, Minn. Its corporate headquarters are located in Scottsdale, Ariz.
   For more information, see LAIco.com.

Quick Facts: LAI International, Inc.
Founded: 1979
Mfg. facilities: Phoenix, Tucson, Minneapolis, Westminster, Md., and Scarborough, Maine
Headquarters: Scottsdale, Ariz.