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News of September 04, 2002
General Motors Powertrain Names Sutton To Manage
Saginaw Plants
| SAGINAW, Mich. - General Motors Powertrain (GMPT)
announced that Richard J. Sutton will assume management
responsibility for both GMPT plants in Saginaw - Saginaw Metal
Casting Operations (SMCO) and the Saginaw Malleable Iron (SMI)
plant.
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Richard J. Sutton Photo: GM |
Homi Patel, vice president and general manager of manufacturing for GMPT, stated that Sutton will continue to report to J. Michael Williams, manufacturing manager of GMPT's Component Operations. The change is effective Sept. 1, 2002. Patel explained that when plants, such as SMCO and SMI are in proximity to each other, one management team is able to efficiently coordinate operations for more than one plant, while reducing structural cost to improve competitiveness.
Sutton's new title is plant manager - Saginaw Casting Operations. He is currently SMCO plant manager. Also, effective Sept. 1, 2002, Darrel Phillips, manager of the SMI plant, will begin working on a special assignment, reporting to Williams. His new title is executive manager - special studies.
Phillips began his GM career in 1966 as a college-graduate-in-training at the Defiance, Ohio, castings plant. He advanced through several positions there, including foreman, general foreman and superintendent. In 1987, he transferred to the former Saginaw Grey Iron plant, now SMCO, as general superintendent. He returned to the Defiance plant in 1993 when he was promoted to production manager. Phillips joined GM do Brasil in 1999 when he was named manager of aluminum and iron foundries. He returned to the United States in 2000 when he was named plant manager of SMI.
Phillips is a native of Kenton, Ohio. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. He is a member of the American Foundry Society and the Brazilian Foundry Society.
Sutton began his GM career in Saginaw in 1978 with Central Foundry as a college cooperative student with Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, Mich.). He advanced through several positions including general supervisor of manufacturing, superintendent of metallurgy and manager of manufacturing engineering. In 1992, Sutton moved to the Defiance, Ohio, plant when he was promoted to director of manufacturing engineering. He was named manager of the Massena, N.Y., plant four years later. Sutton returned to Saginaw in 1999 when he was appointed manager of SMCO.
Sutton is a native of Buffalo, N.Y. He holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from Western Michigan University. He is a member of the American Foundry Society and a board member of the Foundry Education Foundation.
(August 29, 2002)
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