UST Mamiya Announces Personnel Changes
FORT WORTH, TX–UST Mamiya, the leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance composite golf shafts, is pleased to announce the promotion of Danny Le to the role of Senior Director of Marketing and the recent hiring of Stewart Bahl as Senior Branding and Communications Specialist.
Danny Le has been with UST Mamiya for 7 years, having previously worked for Bridgestone Golf. Hehas a broad range of golf industry experience from both the OEM and component side of the business.“Danny has proven himself to be a skilled leader and dynamic strategist in our marketing department over the past few years”, said Robb Schikner, CEO of UST Mamiya. “Movingforward, Danny’svisionwill ensure UST Mamiyastays at the forefront of innovation and will leadour growth worldwide.”
Stewart Bahl brings over 20 years of marketing and branding experience to UST Mamiya, having previously worked for Aldila and Mitsubishi Golf. He was responsible for the branding and creative of most of their successful golf shafts during that time. “We are excited to welcome Stewart to the UST Mamiya team, as he brings a wealth of experience to this important product position. He will be responsible for inventive product branding of our golf shaft sand other composite products”, said Schikner. “Stewart will playa key role in bringing innovative new products to the market and strengthening our voice in the golf industry.”
“As the company embarks on a bold new path forward in the composite industry, we will continue to bring state-of-the-art products to market featuring revolutionary materials and technology with distinctive branding. Both Danny and Stewart will play critical roles in the development and strategy for bringing these products to the market first. UST Mamiya has always been an innovative product leaderand I believe we have a team second-to-nonein the industry”, Schiknersaid
About UST Mamiya
UST Mamiya was established in 1991 producing golf shafts for recreational and competitive golfers worldwide.UST Mamiya shafts can be purchased through authorized TSPX™ dealers, club fitters, and major retailers such as The GolfWorks, Hireko Golf and PGA Tour Superstore. Distributed in 30-plus countries, UST Mamiya provides shafts to consumers, retailers, club-fitters and original equipment manufacturers including Bridgestone, Callaway, Cleveland/Srixon, Cobra, Mizuno, PING, TaylorMade, Titleist, Wilson and more.
Our UST Compositesdivision is responsible for a variety of composite products used across multiple industries, including arrows, archery bow stabilizers, curling broom handles, percussion mallets, industrial rollers, and other composite products. Our UST ESSXdivision specializes in the design and manufacture of vaulting poles under the UST ESSX Brand. In 2016, a UST ESSX RECOIL vaulting pole was used to win a Bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Company R&D and manufacturing facilities are located in the U.S., Japan, and Bangladesh. For more information: www.ustmamiya.com, www.ustessx.com, 817.267.2219
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