Meet Our Leadership!
Peter Haines - President / Managing Director, H&H Exports Company Inc.
“Building people and business is what I do.” That principle defines Peter Haines’ 30+ year career as a transformational business leader. As the new owner of H&H Exports, Peter brings with him a powerful combination of executive experience, growth strategy, and people-first leadership that has consistently delivered results across industrial, manufacturing, and global supply chain sectors.
Peter purchased H&H Exports in early 2025 from founder Bill Howard, with a vision to scale the company’s legacy model into a modern, agile, global sourcing powerhouse. Under his leadership, H&H is evolving from a niche bearings exporter to a comprehensive sourcing partner capable of delivering any U.S.-made part or component into the hands of international buyers—efficiently, reliably, and with real human support.
Before joining H&H, Peter served as CEO of GPM Inc., where he more than doubled the company’s revenue and tripled EBITDA through smart reorganization, strategic vertical expansion, and the development of new patented technologies. His career includes high-level leadership at BioBlend, AMSOIL, and Lubrication Engineers, where he pioneered international expansion, private-label growth, and technical sales strategies that reshaped each company's market position.
Peter is known for:
Energizing and empowering people to exceed performance metrics
Turning complex business challenges into actionable growth strategies
Building high-functioning teams grounded in trust, innovation, and purpose
Leading with vision, empathy, and a relentless focus on measurable outcomes
Now operating from Duluth, Minnesota, Peter’s mission at H&H is to simplify global sourcing for buyers around the world—serving as their “back-office” in the U.S. and removing the barriers to acquiring high-quality industrial components.
“I'm excited to bring my experience, mindset, and passion to H&H Exports. Our job is to take the weight off our customers' shoulders—helping them save time, reduce risk, and get the parts they need with zero friction. Let’s go to work.”
Phone: +1 (218) 393-5699
Email: peter@hhexports.com
Parker Haines - Vice President / Director of Business Development
Driven by the fusion of scientific insight and strategic execution, Parker Haines brings a rare blend of analytical thinking, communication precision, and real-world leadership to H&H Exports. With a background in Natural Sciences and Psychology from The College of St. Scholastica, Parker approaches business systems the same way he approached biological ones — with curiosity, clarity, and control.
As Vice President and Director of Business Development, Parker leads the company’s global growth engine. From Europe to Southeast Asia and across the Americas, he executes tailored outreach campaigns, manages international client relationships, and engineers scalable sourcing strategies that help customers access niche U.S. components others can’t deliver.
What sets Parker apart is his multidimensional experience. Having worked across healthcare, marketing, engineering, and behavioral support, he understands the importance of trust, responsiveness, and detail under pressure. Whether negotiating overseas contracts, optimizing RFQ pipelines, or coordinating vendor consolidations, Parker brings resourcefulness, grit, and a sharp instinct for value.
“International sourcing shouldn’t feel like a gamble — it should feel like a partnership. At H&H, we solve problems with speed, clarity, and a handshake mentality.”
When he’s not building supply chains or streamlining exports, Parker enjoys connecting with like-minded professionals who share his passion for global commerce, smart systems, and meaningful dialogue.
Phone: +1 (218) 461-6737
Email: parker@hhexports.com
Let’s Build Something Together
With over 48 years of legacy and a new leadership vision, H&H Exports is committed to making U.S. sourcing simpler, faster, and more personal.
Whether you're a global distributor, an OEM buyer, or a U.S. manufacturer looking to expand internationally—we’d be honored to earn your business.
Have a project in mind?
Let’s talk. We’ll find a solution.
Friendly Service Since 1977
H&H Exports, Inc. provides prompt deliveries of bearings & power transmission products worldwide.
H&H is flexible and responsive in its sourcing. Many customer's request a wide range of U.S. industrial replacement parts for periodic consolidation.
As an export trading company, H&H purchases US manufactured goods direct from the U.S. manufacturer. H&H then exports as the title holder of goods; virtually eliminating the manufacturer’s export risk. Most importantly, customers benefit from H&H's international-friendly terms of service.
Friendly Terms of Service
Transactions often based in customer's currency
Quotations available C.I.P. or D.D.U.
Credit terms available to international customers
Responsiveness exceeds industry standards
Communications likely in customer's language
(Source: Article appearing in Bearingnet article "Best Bits")
H&H's History
Bill Howard and Family, 1977
Following World War II, European economies slowly started to rebuild in the hope of reviving each country’s prospects for the future and to rebuild the bombed towns and cities. To help with the rebuilding process, the United States donated $13 billion dollars to Western Europe, better known in the history books as the ‘Marshall Plan’.
As part of this donation to the continent, machinery for agriculture, transportation and manufacturing equipment was included. Since machinery from the United States had been manufactured using its standard measures, it would one day require inch-sized replacement parts.
The story of H&H Exports in all of this started in 1976 when a young Bill Howard received a phone call from a friend in Germany.
Howard & Dreja, 2017
Wolfgang Dreja and Bill had become close friends years earlier in Stuttgart and Wolfgang called his American pal with an interesting business opportunity. Bill still smiles when he recalls that telephone conversation: “Wolfgang asked me if I’d like to source inch-sized ball bearings for export to Germany and despite being happy to receive his call, I said that’s a great idea, what’s a ball bearing?”
Within a year, Bill launched H&H Exports, Inc. Initially sourcing inch-sized bearings and power transmission parts for the German market, H&H Exports soon exported to other European countries such as the United Kingdom.
In the late 1970’s, Bill travelled throughout continental Europe visiting bearing distributors from Germany to Poland. The H&H offering was innovative for the time in that pricing was quoted in the customer’s currency and landed at their airport.
H&H Exports quickly became a key source to those distributors already recognized as their country’s primary source for American replacement parts. Over the years, H&H Exports expanded its business throughout Europe and Asia.