Motion Industries announces senior vice president appointment

Motion Industries, Inc., a Birmingham, AB-based distributor of maintenance, repair and operation replacement parts, and a provider of industrial technology solutions with 57 locations in Canada, has announced that Lisa Solomon has been promoted to senior vice president — Corporate Accounts.

In her new role, Solomon will lead all of Motion’s corporate accounts in North America, plus other company teams, including the Corporate Accounts Support group, Corporate Accounts Development, P2MRO, Onsite Solutions, Energy Services, and International Sales. She will report directly to James Howe, executive vice president — eCommerce, Sales Excellence, Strategic Pricing and Corporate Accounts.

“Lisa has been very successful in the area vice president role and has emerged as a peer leader for our AVPs across North America,” said Howe.

“Her leadership and significant experience will further strengthen Corporate Accounts and maximize growth potential. She is well-deserving of her new and expanded position.”

Motion North America expanded its footprint in 2022 to include Kaman Distribution Group and now has over 700 branch and service centre locations and 20 distribution centres.

Motion serves more than 170,000 OEM and MRO customers in the equipment and machinery, food and beverage, pulp and paper, iron and steel, chemical, mining and aggregate, petrochemical, automotive, semiconductor, wood and lumber, medical and pharmaceutical industries.