James A. Rohde

Executive Director

TQM North America

James A. Rohde is currently the Executive Director of TQM North America. For the past 13 years, James has been affiliated with Tianjin Motor Dies Company (TQM), located in Tianjin, China. Excelling in sales, marketing, and start-up engineering, Mr. Rohde directs die development to TQM for the North American market. Starting at around 81,000 square feet, today TQM has amassed to over 4million square feet worldwide making them the largest Automotive Die company in the world. TQM is recognized globally for their specialty in die design and manufacturing of large stamping dies facilitating support to the OEM’s as well as Tier One suppliers.

Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Mr. Rohde has been in International Marketing for 45 years. Having started his career in the Plastic and Injection-mold Industry, he’s had the opportunity to work closely with companies such as Kelsey Hayes, Tri-City Plastics and Masco. Today Mr. Rohde actively works to connect and advocate for tooling and stamping support from Europe and Asia within the global Automotive Industry.