Frederick John Mancheski

I served Fred for 14 years as a dedicated Business Growth Specialist at Echlin. He sent me all over the world to find companies to buy . He gave me numerous assignments to review markets to enter and find people to hire. Truly Fred was a trusted friend and though quiet about it was a devout Christian. He loved the Lord and in his last days became even closer to Him. Clearly I owe much of my consulting success to Fred and I thank God the opportunity to serve him those 14 years. God bless you...

I worked for Echlin for 25 years and had the privilege of knowing Fred. My best memory of Fred has during a business planning presentation at double beach, Fred scolded an executive for ending every sentence with "ok?". The room was ice cold as Fred said he needed to leave the room to take a phone call. Just after he exited, the door burst open and Fred asked "ok?". Fred was tough and kind at the same time. We need more leaders like Fred.

So sorry for your loss Amy and family.

My name is Ron Ward and I was retained as a Business Growth Specialist by Fred from 1983 to 1997 which was 14 years.I was enlisted by Fred to help him grow Echlin. At the time Echlin was $800 Million in sales and when he retired in 1997 Echlin was about $ 3.5 Billion . My role was to find him company's to buy,analyze their potential and provide an in-depth review of their history and the strategy for integrating it into the Echlin family .Over my years of dedicated service I always...