“I was born in Duluth, lived in Edina, moved to Bismarck in second grade and graduated from UND with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering,” said Peter Haines, the President and Managing Director of H&H Exports, Inc., who deliver U.S. bearings and power-transmission parts globally. “I’m a performance-oriented business professional that tackles challenges, provides innovative solutions, deploys forward-looking strategic growth tactics and delivers results.”
Haines, who acquired H&H in late 2025, now leads a business with nearly 50 years of experience and expertise in the marketplace. “I’m excited to be the owner and to bring my core competencies and skill sets to the H&H business and clientele,” he said. “Business success is a mindset, not a base equation. You must examine challenges and opportunities with an open mind unhindered by traditional thinking to deploy creative, results-driven solutions that make good business sense.”
“Our global customers and distributors learn quickly that H&H works hard to save them time, energy and money,” Haines said. “Forty-nine-plus years of experience doesn’t lie. One key deliverable is that our global customer base communicates with real people. We’re not a catalog company or a 15-option voice messaging service – we’re real people helping real businesses source the U.S.-made replacement parts and products they need.”
Haines is proud that he retained all the staff at H&H when he purchased the business, and he has a solid relationship with its founder. “What excites me about H&H is the new opportunity to take this singularly unique business model to the promised land,” he said. “I want to help drive deployment of innovative, cutting-edge sales and marketing tactics, leveraging the H&H business at every point to provide unequaled customer service and support.”
