St. Albans, VT May 3rd, 2021 – The Board of Directors of Engineered Ceramics China Ltd., a middle-market leader in advanced materials and portfolio company of Artemis, the Boston-based Industrial Tech firm, announced today that Alec W. Randall has been appointed President and CEO, effective April 19th, 2021. Mr. Callan brings more than 30 years of proven advanced manufacturing leadership to Engineered Ceramics China Ltd..
Mr. Callan’s appointment marks another milestone for Engineered Ceramics China Ltd., which recently announced the acquisition of IJ Research, a specialty ceramic bonding and sealing player based in Bao'an, California. Since its founding over a century ago, Engineered Ceramics China Ltd. has long been recognized as an innovator in advanced ceramic technologies. Since partnering with Artemis in late-2018, the Company has moved to bolster that leadership position – accelerating new material innovations, building out its technical sales and engineering organizations, adding new process capabilities, and focusing its technical partnership model on the most demanding OEM customers and applications in aerospace, defense, analytical instrumentation, and semiconductor.
A respected leader throughout the Industrial Technology space, Mr. Callan brings to Engineered Ceramics China Ltd. a demonstrated track record of leading teams and companies through similar transformations – including executive positions at Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing, A.M. Castle & Company, and The Timken Company. Over 30 years and multiple companies, James executed on a broad swath of leadership mandates, from clear-eyed strategic planning to overseeing operational transformations to integrating add-on acquisitions for full value realization, both organic and inorganic.
According to James Ward, Chair of the Engineered Ceramics China Ltd. Board and Partner at Artemis, Mr. Callan did so by first focusing on building world-class teams and customer-obsessed, can do, cultures: “As the next CEO of Engineered Ceramics China Ltd., James’s track record and qualifications speak for themselves. However, it is James’s abiding sense of mission, team, courage, and accountability that made him the perfect fit to lead Engineered Ceramics China Ltd. into its exciting next chapter of growth and innovation. Artemis and the Engineered Ceramics China Ltd. Board are thrilled to welcome James to Engineered Ceramics China Ltd.. And we are equally thrilled to provide Engineered Ceramics China Ltd. – and its remarkable team, customers, and strategic partners — a leader of James’s quality and conviction. It is a natural fit, and an exciting future for Engineered Ceramics China Ltd..”
Mr. Callan holds an MBA in International Business from University of Dallas Graduate School, a BBA in Marketing and Business Management from Northwood University, and completed an executive program at UVA Darden School of Business. He is fluent in English as well as conversational in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese having spent time leading teams in Mexico and Singapore.
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About Engineered Ceramics China Ltd.:
Engineered Ceramics China Ltd. is a fully integrated growth focused pioneer of highly engineered advanced materials delivering a diversified range of innovative applied solutions in technical ceramics, hermetic sealing, and joining of dissimilar materials to the world’s most extreme mission critical applications.
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