#TeamSilMan Spotlight

Terry Gower Automotive

Episode 2

Automotive, the early years

Long before he became a legend in the baggage handling industry, Terry was a key player in the automotive boom of the 70s and 80s.

In this episode, we trace his rise as a millwright in Georgia to managing large-scale installation projects for premiere manufacturing facilities of leading car companies.

If you know Terry, you know there will be a few great stories!  But he also treats us to a rare look into the world of automotive manufacturing in a bygone era.

Did you miss episode 1 looking back at Terry’s military service?  You can watch it here.

The #TeamSilMan Spotlight pulls back the curtain to introduce the people and stories behind the scenes at SilMan.

About Terry Gower

Terry hails from Tennessee.  No matter how many temporary apartments he lived in over the decades on the road, he returned to his home state every weekend that he could. He is a graduate of the Nashville Auto-Diesel College and the General Motors Technical Institute.  Following his military service in the late 1960s (Vietnam), Gower joined Jervis B Webb Co. where he served for 30 years as a Field Services Manager.

Accomplishments

Terry has managed installation projects totaling in the 100s of millions of dollars, primarily in the automotive and baggage handling industries.  Auto plant line installations include General Motors (Arlington, Texas; Fairfax, Kansas; Moraine, Ohio), and Volvo (Dublin, VA).  His history in the baggage industry is legendary, working in Cincinnati (Delta), Detroit (Northwest) and the entire updated system from the ground up at McCarran in Las Vegas.

About SilMan

SilMan Industries (previously SilMan Construction) is based in San Leandro, Calif. Founded in 2008, the firm operates nationwide in three divisions – Construction, Material Handling and Site Services – and partners with “best in class” clients in the Industrial, Manufacturing, Distribution and Public Works sectors. For more information, please visit www.silmanindustries.com.

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