Joseph Hoo is the vice president of advanced technology and China affairs at the General Bearing Corporation, and spearheaded its expansion into China beginning in 1987. A metallurgist by training, he has been working in the steel bearing business for over 50 years.

Hoo, who was born in China in 1934, is a graduate of the National University of Japan, where he received his BS in Engineering. He is also a graduate of the University of Michigan where he received his MSE in Metallurgy and Engineering.

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