In-sight from April/May 2025

APPOINTMENTS

The L.S. Starrett Co. appointed Roger N. Amrol, Jr. as president and chief executive officer (CEO), Barry D. Laughlin as chief operating officer (COO), Allen E. Look as global chief information officer (CIO), and Jon-Michael Raymond as chief revenue officer (CRO). The new executives will be based out of Starrett corporate headquarters in Athol, Massachusetts.

Amrol succeeds Douglas A. Starrett whose career with Starrett spanned 48 years as president and CEO. Amrol is joining the organization after 12 years with Robert Bosch Tool Corp. North America where he was president and CEO.

Laughlin was most recently COO with Group DEKKO after being promoted from executive vice president of operations.

Before joining Starrett, Look held global CIO roles at privately and publicly held companies including FBG and Hayward Holdings Inc., and provided interim CIO and executive advisory services in the private equity sector.

Raymond was most recently global sales and marketing senior vice president at FyterTech Nonwovens.

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As the 12th commander of USSOCOM, Clarke led a joint force of more than 75,000 military members with an annual operating budget more than $25 billion and advised the Secretary of Defense on global special operations forces employment.

Serving as the commander of AMC, Minihan (ret.) was responsible for executing the air mobility mission for the joint force, allies, and partners which included nearly 1,100 aircraft and 107,000 active-duty U.S. Air National Guard, U.S. Air Force Reserve Airmen, and civilians.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

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L3Harris Technologies began construction on four new solid rocket motor production facilities at the company’s Camden, Arkansas site. The expansion is part of a $215.6 million cooperative agreement between the Department of Defense’s Defense Production Act Title III program and L3Harris to increase domestic rocket propulsion manufacturing capacity. Construction will include a 60,000ft2 facility centralizing production of a key program under one roof, cutting the distance motors travel during manufacturing by 80%. The expansion will also include a dedicated mixer building and propellant processing buildings to support increased motor production. The company is also modernizing and expanding solid rocket motor facilities under the cooperative agreement in two additional states. L3Harris will build new facilities in Orange County, Virginia, to support increased production and will transition production of inert components for critical missile systems to Huntsville, Alabama.

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X-Bow Systems Inc., a producer of advanced solid rocket motors (SRMs) and defense technologies, announced the opening of its office in Indian Head, Maryland, reinforcing its partnership with the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD), the Navy’s premier facility for energetics and munitions. X-Bow also was selected for a $7 million contract with NSWC IHD, focusing on implementing technology to further modernize the Indian Head facility in alignment with the Department of Defense’s (DOD) focus on streamlining operations and maximizing productivity. In 2024, X-Bow received a $60 million award to begin modernizing and automating key facilities and capabilities to rapidly scale SRM production.

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