Quanex Building Products Corporation has announced that F. Timothy (Tim) Reese has joined the Company as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mikron Industries, Quanex’s vinyl profile business, effective July 27th.
Mr Reese brings 35 years of extrusion manufacturing expertise to this role, including successful turnaround situations. He will report directly to Quanex Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Griffiths. Mr Reese joins Mikron from Trex Company where he served most recently as Senior Vice President of Operations. In this capacity, he developed and executed programs that improved profitability, drove supply chain efficiencies, and improved safety and productivity, among other initiatives.
“As a matter of strategic focus, Quanex’s highest priority is renewing investment in – and focus on – our core vinyl profile business to ensure it possesses the strategy, resources, and people to realize its full potential,” said Mr Griffiths. “Tim is unquestionably a key addition to this effort. His career has been defined by high-technology manufacturing excellence, R&D leadership, and a track-record of continuous productivity improvement. Mikron will be ideally positioned to build upon the early recovery already achieved to accelerate profitability under Tim’s leadership. We are delighted that he has joined Quanex, and look forward to his contributions as CEO of our Mikron business.”
“Quanex has a long history of leadership in the fenestration and adjacent industries, and I am honoured to join the leadership team,” said Mr Reese. “The company is clearly committed to investing in and expanding its vinyl profile business, as underscored by its recent acquisition of HL Plastics, and I look forward to lending my expertise to the effort as the housing and repair/remodel markets continue their steady improvement.”
Prior to joining Trex, Mr Reese spent 28 years with DuPont, where he led two global businesses and served in various operational roles in the company’s chemical, film and polymer businesses, responsible for facilities domestically and abroad. Mr Reese has successfully led multi-plant extrusion operations with full P&L responsibility, and improved operating disciplines, teamwork and unit costs.
Earlier in his career, Mr Reese served in the U.S. Navy as a submarine officer, finishing five years of military service as a lieutenant. He earned a BS in Ocean Engineering with an emphasis on Mechanical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.