Experience Moves Up

HITCO Carbon Composites, an affiliate of the German based SGL Carbon Group, is welcoming two new members to its management team. Mr. B.J. Schramm will assume the position of Chief Operating Officer, and Mr. Anthony Lawson will work to strengthen HITCO's Six Sigma Program as Vice President of HITCO Excellence.

Mr. Schramm (top photo), who will assume overall responsibility for the daily management of HITCO, has fifteen years experience with Polycarbon in Valencia (CA), a key supplier of products to ATK and to the U.S. Shuttle Program. Prior to his appointment as President in 1998, Mr. Schramm held several management positions heading up the Operations, Purchasing, IS, and Finance functions at Polycarbon. Mr. Schramm is a native Californian. He earned his B.A. and M.A. from California State University, Northridge.

Lots of history in California

Mr. Lawson has over twenty years experience with companies such as Northrop Grumman in Pico Rivera and Palmdale California, where for twelve years he held positions including Vice President and Deputy Program Manager for the B-2 Bomber. He later held VP and general management positions with similar responsibilities at Burke Industries, Santa Fe Springs (CA) and Everett Charles Technologies, located in Pomona (CA).

Mr. Lawson (right) attended the Wharton Executive School at the University of Pennsylvania after earning his M.S. in Business Organizational Management at the University of La Verne, California and his B.A. from University of Arizona, Tucson.

"We are so pleased to have B.J. Schramm and Anthony Lawson join our HITCO team. They are recognized for their customer focused, results oriented leadership. I look forward to working closely with B.J. Schramm, and Anthony Lawson, as HITCO continues to grow and fill its remaining unused capacity with new contracts. The growth of our company depends on the flexibility of the organization to adapt to the production of the new products and technologies that utilize composites. That is why we continue to be a state-of-the-art supplier to the defense, aerospace and industrial communities," said Paul W. Pendorf, HITCO President.

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