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Profiles in Leadership
Each month, we highlight manufacturing executives with ideas worth sharing, offering a unique story and a fresh approach to managing teams and operations in a transformative time.
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Sentry Equipment
Profiles in Leadership
No Roles Left Unfilled: A 100-Year-Old Equipment Manufacturer Keeps the Energy Flowing
Aug. 5, 2025
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Corporate Culture
Flex's CEO on Balancing Technology and Empathy
June 3, 2025
Companies & Executives
Entegris Charts Its US Path as a Chip-Industry Supplier, Branching out from Asia
Sept. 9, 2024
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How Do You Innovate When You’re Small, 96 Years Old and Make One Basic Thing?
July 16, 2024
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A Cargill Executive’s Next Act: Building US Biomanufacturing
April 26, 2024
Operations
What We Learned: Expertise and Episodes from Three Years of ‘Factory Talk’
April 11, 2024
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Bosch
Profiles in Leadership
‘I’m Proud to Say I’m a Nerd:’ A Valedictorian Finds Her Leadership Home at Bosch
March 15, 2024
Vice president and plant manager Annekathrin Mueller is co-leading a $260 million transformation at the automotive supplier’s largest U.S. plant.
Eaton Corp.
Profiles in Leadership
Texas-Sized Plans for Eaton's Electrical Strategy
Feb. 16, 2024
Mike Yelton, head of the electrical sector for the Americas region, shares his take on manufacturing expansion, vertical integration and more.
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Leadership
Take Our Black History Month Quiz and Be Smarter Than You Were in January
Feb. 15, 2024
Who was the "father of the videogame cartridge"? The first Black carmarker? Manufacturing and Black History intersect.
Profiles in Leadership
Lincoln Electric's Next CEO Charges Ahead
Dec. 12, 2023
Steve Hedlund talks about his shift from COO to CEO in the New Year and plans for the welding company's EV charging business.
Wabash
Profiles in Leadership
Wabash Makes Big Changes That Are Starting to Pay Off
Nov. 13, 2023
The manufacturer of truck trailers and bodies is venturing into new territory with leadership adjustments and realignment.
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US Steel Corp.
Profiles in Leadership
US Steel Bets on Mini-Mills, EV Motors for Near-Term Sustainability
July 24, 2023
PPG
Profiles in Leadership
PPG CEO: Keeping up with Aerospace Demand, Innovating Around Energy Use
July 5, 2023
BMW Group
Profiles in Leadership
‘We Transform While We Perform’: BMW Spartanburg Revs Up for the Shift to Electric
June 8, 2023
Profiles in Leadership
Women in 3D Printing: ‘I Knew I Belonged in This Industry the Same Way Everyone Else Belonged’
May 1, 2023
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Synergies for the Win: Mativ CEO on the Power of a Manufacturing Merger
Feb. 24, 2023
Julie Schertell brought together two specialty paper makers, Neenah and SMW, last year. Has she found $65 million in savings yet?
Profiles in Leadership
Cracking the mRNA Manufacturing Code with Pfizer's Supply Chain Chief
Feb. 1, 2023
Scaling up production of the COVID vaccine from zero to 3 billion doses was Mike McDermott's personal "moonshot."
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Leadership
Next-Generation Leaders Bring Technology, Taste for the Greater Good
Dec. 26, 2022
We need these new perspectives and approaches to innovation to continue our pace of growth.
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Corporate Culture
Leadership Lessons I Learned from the Military
Nov. 11, 2022
Veteran and J&J Consumer Health executive Kathy Widmer reflects on how serving her country translates to her role today.
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