EuroWire March 2020

Corporate News

BARTELL Machinery Systems, based in Rome, New York, USA, has announced that Shawn Lawlor has assumed the role of VP of sales and marketing, reporting to company president Patrick Morocco. Bartell’s new vice president of sales and marketing He takes over from Kevin Greenow, who retired in December after 45 years of service at Bartell. Since joining the company in 1974, Mr Greenow held key engineering, sales and leadership positions at National Standard and Bartell Machinery Systems. Mr Lawlor, who has been a member of the Bartell team since 2015, was most recently the director of marketing and new business development, and prior to joining Bartell held management positions at Fiber Instrument Sales Inc, and UTC Aerospace Systems, a United Technologies company. He holds a master’s degree in integrated marketing communications from Marist College and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts. Bartell Machinery Systems provides industrial manufacturing equipment for the tyre and rubber, oil and gas, and wire and cable industries. It has delivered innovative solutions to manufacturers since 1940, with more than 8,500 machines installed worldwide. Mr Lawlor was already a member of Bartell’s leadership team and will remain so in this new capacity.

Acquisition boosts range

BJG Electronics has completed the acquisition of Whitmor/Wirenetics of Valencia, California, USA. Whitmor/ Wirenetics has supplied wire, cable and tubing to the military, aerospace and satellite industries for over 50 years. In conjunction with the transaction, BJG announced that Rick Flora, formerly president of BJG Electronics, has been named CEO of the BJG Electronics Group. “The combination of BJG, CTL [Connector Tech LLC] and Whitmor/Wirenetics completes the evolution of BJG from a regional connector specialist to one of the largest full-line distributors of mil-aero interconnect components in North America,” said Mr Flora. “Joining the BJG Group of companies allows us to leverage significant cross-selling opportunities from both geographic and product standpoints,” said Mark Lee, vice president of Whitmor/ Wirenetics. BJG Electronics www.bjgelectronics.com

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