Dr Rick Bucher
Easton, Pa., headquartered mechanical pipe-joining remedies expert Victaulic reports thatDr Rick Bucher will certainly do wellDr John F. Malloy as Chief Executive Officer, efficient January 31, 2021.
Bucher was called President of Victaulic in April of 2020, following his June 2019 visit as Chief Operating Officer.
Prior to signing up with Victaulic in 2009 as Vice President of Engineering, Bucher benefited 15 years for W.L. Gore, a maker of technically innovative composite products.
Bucher got a B.S. as well as M.S. in design from Rice University as well as aPh D. in product scientific research from Virginia Tech.
Malloy, that will certainly stay Chairman of Victaulic’s Board, commented, “Rick has consistently demonstrated the intelligence, judgement and courage to make wise and sometimes difficult decisions while preserving the compassion and concern for everyone associated with Victaulic – employees, customers, shareholders and our community. Since joining Victaulic in 2009, Rick has reinforced Victaulic’s long-standing commitment to innovation. Under his leadership Victaulic’s patent portfolio has grown substantially with the issuance of over 3,200 patents globally while our research and development organization has doubled in size.”
Since its initial license was obtained in 1919, Victaulic has actually expanded to be the globe’s leading manufacturer of mechanical pipeline signing up with remedies, which are extensively made use of in the delivery as well as shipbuilding sectors along with several others. Last year, Victaulic commemorated its Centennial Anniversary as a family members possessed business, including near one million square feet to the business’s production procedures. These financial investments consisted of a brand-new, 400,000 square foot modern production facility in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, along with financial investments as well as growth of the business’s centers in Dalian, China; Drezdenko, Poland; as well as Ontario, Canada.
