Hamilton Caster and Manufacturing names Mark Lippert as president

HAMILTON, Ohio—Hamilton Caster and Manufacturing Co. has named Mark Lippert as its sixth president in the 116-year history of the firm.

Hamilton produces industrial casters, wheels, carts and in-plant trailers.

"As we look to the future, we are confident that Mark possesses the qualifications and expertise to continue to grow our family business," said Hamilton Board member Ted Lippert. "Under his leadership, Hamilton Caster will continue to make a significant impact on the industrial market and our community."

Mark Lippert represents the fourth generation of family leadership at Hamilton, and he succeeds his cousin, David R. Lippert, who retired in December.

The appointment takes effect immediately, according to Hamilton.

"I am honored and humbled to step into this role and build upon my family's legacy as just the sixth president in our history," Mark Lippert said. "I'm excited to leverage our core values of integrity, continuous improvement, accountability, respect and empowerment as the foundation for strengthening our customer relationships, investing in new technologies and supporting employee development."

The new president is described as an "energetic and highly effective business leader," with experience in branding and product recognition as well as strategic planning.

Mark Lippert joined Hamilton in 1995.

"As the company implemented its business succession plan, we knew that there would be two key positions on our leadership team to fill," he said. "It was important for us to find the right individuals to complement an already accomplished and experienced leadership team."

Rounding out the leadership changes, Kellie Krieger was named director of human resources and administration in October, replacing Executive Vice President Steven J. Lippert, who also retired in December.

Krieger has more than two decades of human resource experience.

In November, Jodi Fritsch was hired as director of marketing, Mark Lippert's position before becoming president.

The remainder of Hamilton's leadership team includes Jim Lippert, vice president of sales; Lester Jones, operations manager; Lee Burroughs, lean manager; Mark Lohmann, chief financial officer; Thomas Raley, director of IT; Patrick Lippert, supply chain manager; and John Yater, cart and trailer value stream manager.

"Hamilton's success over the past several years has been possible because of the vision of our leadership team along with the collaboration and diligent performance of all of our employees in terms of engineering, sales, customer service, production and product development," Mark Lippert said. "We expect to see continued growth because we continuously strive to be the best-in-class in everything we do."