Hofmeister Named To Lufkin Industries Board
January 5, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Lufkin Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: LUFK) has named John Hofmeister of Houston to its board of directors. Hofmeister is a former president and U.S. country chair for Shell Oil Co. (NYSE: RDS-B) U.S. and a former human resources group director for Royal Dutch/Shell Group in The Hague.
Hofmeister previously held various marketing, business development and human resources management positions with Allied Signal in Hong Kong and Paris, Northern Telecom and General Electric (NYSE: GE).
He is founder and current chief executive officer of Citizens for Affordable Energy Inc., a Washington D.C. based not-for-profit organization. Hofmeister also serves as an independent director on the board of U.K.-based Hunting Plc.
Texas-based Lufkin Industries sells and services oil field pumping units, foundry castings and power transmission products throughout the world.
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