BURNSVILLE, Minn.—John E. Rice has joined Dichtomatik North America as president of the Freudenberg-NOK G.P. subsidiary.
He succeeds Jorg Schneewind, who has become vice president of mergers and acquisitions for Freudenberg-NOK.
Rice most recently led the oil seal business of Transcom-Dichtomatik, which was formed in July 2002 with the acquisition of Burnsville-based Transcom Inc. Rice founded Transcom in 1978.