Harris Products Group hires VP of North American sales

The Harris Products Group, an international manufacturing company of cutting, brazing, soldering, and welding alloys and equipment in Mason, Ohio, has named Patrick W. Fagerquist as its new vice president of sales for North America. He is responsible for all sales personnel in North America, supporting customers and the company's industrial and specialty gas equipment and welding, brazing, and soldering products.

Fagerquist is a 25-year veteran of industrial sales, joining The Lincoln Electric Co., the parent company of The Harris Products Group, in 1987 as a technical sales representative. He most recently served as a regional sales manager there.

Fagerquist graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.