News Release
MICHAEL BUCK NAMED AS PRESIDENT OF LEWCOTT COPORATION
MILLBURY – February 1, 2010 – Lewcott Corporation today announced Michael Buck will join the company as President.
A seasoned executive, Buck brings a deep strategy, business development and sales background to this role. “We are very pleased Mike has joined our team with his proven track record of growing profitable businesses and strategic leadership in the aerospace composites and prepreg space,” said Galbraith, Lewcott’s Chief Executive Officer.
Buck previously worked as Co-Founder, Director and Vice President of Sales/Marketing for Phoenixx TPC, Inc. a thermoplastic prepreg organization (subsequently purchased by Tencate). At Tencate, Buck directed all sales, marketing, strategic planning and product and business development activities for a variety of industrial, commercial, and aerospace/defense markets.
Said Buck, “I am very excited to join Lewcott. Lewcott has made great strides over the past couple of years repositioning their business and updating their product portfolio. I am looking forward to joining and helping to lead this growing and dynamic business.”
Preceding Tencate, Buck brings to Lewcott more than 20 years of relationship management and executive leadership experience from prior roles including Vice President/General Manager of Quadrax Corporation, and Director, Commercial Products at Textron Specialty Materials.
Buck holds a Masters in Business Administration degree from Babson College and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts.
For more information, please contact jwatkins@lewcott.com
About Lewcott Corporation
Lewcott is a specialty chemical and materials technology company whose product lines encompass applications from Aerospace to healthcare and beyond. Its growth strategies are based on developing technologically advanced solutions for our customers. At Lewcott, we are committed to applying our competence and creative energy to provide our customers with products and services of consistently high quality. We maintain an open and pro-active environment toward our customers, our suppliers, and our co-workers, as well as a commitment to the ongoing process of continuous improvement. The Company is located in Millbury, Massachusetts.
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