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[November 2007]
Wilkins Takes Top Post at Minteq
Minerals Technologies Inc (New York, USA) has announced that it has named Bill Wilkins as Senior Vice President & Managing Director of Minteq International Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary.
Mr Wilkins, who joined Minerals Technologies in June 2007 as Vice President, Global Supply Chain & Logistics, will succeed Alain Bouruet-Aubertot, who has resigned from the company.
"We are very pleased to have someone of Bill's talents and business expertise take over Minteq International, a premier supplier of engineered refractory lining systems, metallurgical wire products, refractory measurement systems, and advanced carbon products," said Joseph Muscari, Chairman and CEO. "Bill has over 20 years of operational and financial management experience gained in Fortune 500 manufacturing companies and Tier 1 suppliers serving a wide variety of industries. He will head a business that has strong, future potential based upon a solid business model that brings value-added integrated approaches to its customers all over the world."
Bill Wilkins has a broad range of experience in a variety of different industries. He has worked extensively in Europe, the Middle East, Far East and the USA. In 2006, he founded Management Services, a consultancy specialising in advising corporate and private equity clients on strategy, performance improvement, due diligence and acquisition target selection in the aerospace, defence and industrial sectors. Before starting his consultancy, he was President and CEO of Sermatech International Inc, an engineered coatings applicator and specialty process business serving the aerospace and industrial gas turbine industries in North America, Europe and Asia. Sermatech had been part of Teleflex Inc which designs, manufactures and distributes specialty engineered products to a wide range of industries. Mr Wilkins previously served as Vice President and CFO of the Teleflex Aerospace Group before leading the spin off of Sermatech.
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