Denis Bruncak was recently elected chairman and chief executive officer of Hytec Automotive. Before his latest appointment, Bruncak held the position of chief commercial officer (CCO) for Odyssey Logistics and Technology. As CCO, his areas of responsibility included overseeing all sales and marketing initiatives as well as North American operations for supply chain services and truck brokerage.

TAMPA, Fla. and COLUMBUS, Ohio – Hytec Automotive has opened a new state-of-the-art 70,000-square-foot water pump manufacturing plant in Jiangsu Province, Dafeng City, China.

The joint venture business is called Jiangsu Chantey Hytec Automotive Pumps LLC. The facility is TS-16949 NQA-certified and has the capacity to produce the largest amount of automotive water pumps on the Asian continent, the company said.

TAMPA, Fla. / COLUMBUS, Ohio - – Hytec Automotive (Hytec), a DeBartolo company, announced today that it has opened a new state-of-the-art 70,000 sq. ft., TS-16949 NQA-certified water pump manufacturing plant in Jiangsu Province, Dafeng City, China. In a joint venture with Hytec Automotive USA, the Jiangsu Chantey Hytec Automotive Pumps, LLC facility now has the capacity to produce the largest amount of automotive water pumps on the Asian continent.

TAMPA, Fla. / COLUMBUS, Ohio - – Hytec Automotive (Hytec), a DeBartolo company, today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Denis M. Bruncak as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hytec Automotive, LLC, effective August 4, 2008. Mr. Timothy Zahler will remain as President of the corporation.

Hytec Automotive has achieved “exclusive supplier” status for the full line of TS 16949 certified water pumps with U-Haul International, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona. U-Haul International is a network of independent automotive warehouse distributors located throughout North America specializing in supplying the independent installer with under car automotive products and marketing services.

Hytec Automotive is named supplier of the full line of TS 16949 certified automotive water pumps for TruStar Incorporated, Pearland, Texas. TruStar isa network of independent automotive warehouse distributors located throughout North America specializing in supplying the independent installer with under car automotive products and marketing services.