Southco drives growth in APac with new regional MD

HONG KONG: Southco, a leading global designer and manufacturer of engineered access solutions including latches, locks, hinges, fasteners, Position Control and Electronic Access Solutions, has announced the appointment of seasoned business executive Mike Zhang as the MD of Southco Asia Pacific.

Based in Hong Kong -- Southco's Asia Pacific headquarters, Zhang is responsible for leading the entire Asia Pacific team to drive the company's business to the next level. Zhang reports to Brian McNeill, president and CEO at Southco headquartered in the United States.

Asia Pacific is a fast growing region with tremendous growth opportunities for Southco, and has been an important region contributing towards Southco's global growth and successes for the last two decades.

Since the company's first Asia Pacific presence in Australia in 1992, Southco's business in the region has expanded with sales and distribution, customer service and technical support centers, design, manufacturing and stocking facilities established in various locations, including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan.

Zhang's focus is on overseeing the development of Southco's growth strategies by establishing stronger industry leadership and achieving greater customer satisfaction through leveraging Southco's innovation and engineering excellence.