Metaldyne announces departure of president/CEO

Metaldyne Performance Group Inc. (MPG), Southfield, Mich., a provider of highly engineered components for use in powertrain and safety-critical applications for the global light, commercial, and industrial vehicle markets, has announced that Thomas Amato, co-president of MPG and president/CEO of Metaldyne LLC, will leave the company at the end of 2015.

Amato joined the predecessor company to Metaldyne, MascoTech Inc., in 1994 as director of corporate development. He later served in a number of financial, operating, and commercial roles. In 2007 he was named chairman/CEO of Metaldyne and co-CEO of Asahi Tec, the then-parent company of Metaldyne. He continued as president/CEO through the sale to American Securities in 2012 and through the merger and formation of MPG and subsequent IPO.

Douglas Grimm, currently co-president of MPG, has been named president/COO with responsibility for all operating activities of the various MPG operations, and Russell Bradley has been named executive vice president of sales with responsibility for coordinating the sales efforts of the operating divisions.