13.01.2016

New US manufacturing VP at JCB

JCB North America has appointed Tim Witter as vice president manufacturing with responsibility for all of the manufacturing departments including the Engineering, Production, Manufacturing Purchasing and Logistics at the company’s facility in Savanah, Georgia.

Witter joins JCB from Gorbel industrial Cranes, where he has worked for the past 18 years., most recently as vice president operations. Prior to that he worked as engineering manager for Champion Products and director of operations at The Melton Shirt Company.
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Tim Witter

North American chief executive Arjun Mirdha said: “Tim brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this critical manufacturing position, and we look forward to the contributions his expertise will bring to JCB as we continue to manufacture innovative, industry-leading construction and agricultural equipment”.

Witter replaces Stuart Hughes who returned to JCB headquarters in Rocester, UK, late last year as director of operations at the company’s Heavy line manufacturing facility.