NGK SPARK PLUG EUROPE PROMOTES DAVID LOY TO VICE PRESIDENT AFTERMARKET EMEA

The world’s number one ignition and sensor supplier NGK SPARK PLUG EUROPE has promoted current Marketing Director Aftermarket EMEA, David Loy, to the position of Vice President Aftermarket EMEA from October 1, 2018.

Based at NGK SPARK PLUG’s EMEA regional headquarters in Ratingen, Germany, David Loy will take over responsibility for the EMEA Aftermarket business unit from Damien Germès, Senior Vice President EMEA and EMEA Supervisory Board member. David Loy will report in this role to Damien Germès, who has also been responsible since 2014 for the entire EMEA operations (supply chain, finance, IT, human resources, business excellence, administration), supporting all NGK business units in the region.
In his new role Loy will steer the company’s expanding Automotive Aftermarket business unit, which supplies a growing portfolio of ignition parts and sensors for the automotive, motorcycle, small engine and power tool markets across EMEA. Loy will oversee all sales and marketing aspects of the business in EMEA.
ESSEC Business School graduate Loy, who has led a series of product, service and online successes since joining the company as Marketing Director in 2013, brings wide-ranging automotive industry experience and a global perspective to the role. He was previously at Valeo Service, holding several senior management positions at its headquarters in France and in China. He also has long experience of working in Asia Pacific.
Amongst his achievements at NGK SPARK PLUG EUROPE, Loy has driven significant expansions to its product portfolio in tune with market demand. He was also behind the company’s new technical service training provision and its pioneering, 24/7 on-line technical platform, TekniWiki. Digitalisation has been another of Loy’s focus areas including, amongst others, establishing a fully integrated, widely followed social media programme.

Damien Germès, Senior Vice President EMEA and EMEA Supervisory Board member at NGK SPARK PLUG EUROPE, welcomed Loy’s proven capabilities. “David’s successes and business acumen make him the natural choice for this vital role. In the past five years he has led some of the most exciting developments our company has seen. His vision has directly influenced our financial growth, made our communications more future-facing, and firmly established our brands in new markets. I am delighted that he has agreed to build on that even further as Vice President with overall responsibility for our Aftermarket business in EMEA.”

Worldwide: NGK Spark Plug is one of the leading automotive and technical ceramics suppliers, with its corporate headquarters in Nagoya, Japan and sales organisations and production facilities all over the world. The automotive side of the company specialises in the fields of ignition and sensor technology, supplying Original Equipment and Aftermarket customers across the globe. Its product portfolio for the Aftermarket comprises spark plugs, glow plugs, ignition coils and leads under the NGK Ignition Parts brand, whilst oxygen and temperature sensors, NOx sensors, mass air flow (MAF) and manifold absolute pressure (MAP) sensors operate under the brand NTK Vehicle Electronics. With more than 14,500 employees, the company’s automotive and technical ceramics activities generate a total annual turnover of around 3.1 billion Euros worldwide. NGK SPARK PLUG’s European sales account for 26% of this global turnover. NGK Spark Plug is represented on all continents and has 41 group companies, 24 production plants and five technical centres.

Aftermarket EMEA: NGK SPARK PLUG has seen significant growth across the Aftermarket since expanding beyond motorcycle parts into the automotive sector in the 1970s. With an outstanding commitment to quality, technology and research & development the company has become the world’s number one in spark plugs and oxygen sensors, and a leading provider of glow plugs, ignition coils and leads as well as further sensor technology. Organisationally NGK Spark Plug’s regional headquarters in Ratingen, Germany serves the Aftermarket across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In the EMEA region the company has ten group companies and more than 800 employees, as well as two production plants in France and South Africa and a technical centre in Germany.

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Nicole Rößler, Senior Manager MarCom, Aftermarket EMEA
NGK SPARK PLUG EUROPE GmbH, Harkortstr. 41, 40880 Ratingen, Germany Tel: +49 (0)21 02 974 102, E-mail: n_roessler@ngkntk.de