Thought-provoking comments, a little satire and wit, and sometimes a challenge or two from an anonymous distributor

摘要

A shareholder vote held recently by Tecumseh Products resulted in the Herrick family regaining control of the company it once owned and ran. As you may recall, I called this saga a "soap opera" in a previous "Anonymous Distributor" column that detailed all the posturing and lawsuits. Remember that Kent Herrick, a former executive, and his father Todd Herrick, former CEO, president and chairman/were ousted from the company in 2007. At that time, some shareholders blamed the Herricks and their management team for allowing the Tecumseh engine division to become a non-factor in the air-cooled engine manufacturing business and losing major placement with lawnmower manufacturers and retailers like Sears.