Speaker: Kelly Nelson, President and CEO of the U.S. affiliate of Rausch & Pausch (RAPA)

Air Date: October 09, 2017

Hosted by Tomas Hult, this segment of the globalEDGE Business Beat is an interview with Kelly Nelson, born in Seoul, Korea, from a family background in the U.S. military, and now serving as President and CEO of the U.S. affiliate of Rausch & Pausch (RAPA).

Tomas Hult is Professor and Byington Endowed Chair in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. RAPA, with its headquarters in the Upper Franconian Selb in Germany is among the world’s leading developers of hydraulic and pneumatic valve systems for vehicle construction and also increasingly for other industries. Today, RAPA employs more than 950 employees at three locations in Germany and in the USA. Kelly Nelson shares stories about RAPA but also tackles the near and long-term future of the auto industry.