Taylor succeeds Longney as TBS group MD, Davis retires

at the Gloucestershire HQ.

In 2022, Taylor accepted a new role as group aftermarket director.

Longney said: “It was a difficult decision to step down, however, I believe in my time as MD we have moved the business forward in many ways, placing TBS in a strong competitive position for the future.

much-respected Paul Davis was retiring from the firm after 39 years.

Davis joined TBS in February 1984 as a service technician, moving to sales several years later.

UK-based TBS Engineering has announced the appointment of Richard Taylor as its new group MD following the announcement that David Longney will be stepping down.

TBS said on July 3 that Longney, who has worked with the company for nearly 40 years, had decided to make way for new leadership as TBS starts a new phase of its development program.

However, Longney will remain a director of TBS and support Taylor in his new role.

Taylor has been with the company since 2019 when he joined as group operations director, responsible for all UK manufacturing operations, supply chain and facilities management

Straw named director of new ENTEK Manufacturing unit

turer and supplier of replacement wear parts in the industry.”

Straw will have profit and loss responsibility for the division and reports to Linda Campbell, VP of extrusion sales.

“I am confident that Richard will be a success in the role that I am leaving.”

Taylor said: “We have an exciting phase of growth planned and I want to keep TBS as a competitive market leader now and in the future.”

In a separate LinkedIn announcement on July 3, TBS announced that the

He travelled extensively on behalf of TBS for more than 20 years, becoming a well-known and respected member of the team among the global battery industry, TBS said.

Doe Run promotes Mangogna to VP operations and COO

The Doe Run Company, the mining group and natural resources firm, announced on June 28 it had promoted Brian Mangogna VP for mining and milling to be chief operating officer and VP for operations.

and mills.

Tammy Straw has been named as director of ENTEK Manufacturing’s new wear parts division, which will make and sell replacements for all brands of twin-screw extruders.

The June 9 announcement followed the February opening of ENTEK’s 98,000 ft2 manufacturing and engineering facility in Henderson in the US state of Nevada.

ENTEK Manufacturing president Kim Medford said the new division was key to the group becoming the number one manufac-

Straw has worked with ENTEK for 24 years and has been the company’s marketing and business development manager since 2016, also leading ENTEK’s inside sales team.

She is also the vice chair of the NPE sales and marketing committee for the US Plastics Industry Association.

Also joining the new Wear Parts Division is Kelsey Dennis, who will be responsible for wear parts sales. She has been with ENTEK since 2010, and most recently worked in customer support and inside sales.

Mangogna has spent almost 25 years with Doe Run, starting as a metallurgist, advancing over the years as mill superintendent, mill manager and general manager for the company’s Southeast Missouri (SEMO) Mining and Milling Division. In 2021 he joined the executive team and was promoted to VP of mining and milling.

In his new job he will oversee day-to-day operations for the company’s mining and metals operations, its battery recycling plant as well

As Its Mines

Mangogna said: “Doe Run has a long history of being a global provider of lead, copper and zinc — three base metals that enable modern society — but can also recover cobalt, nickel, tin and antimony from resources within our control, whether ore bodies or metals by-products. These metals have never been more important to US mineral security.

“I look forward to bringing forward new technologies to diversify and sustain our operations for future generations.”