WINTER 2016
Distributor's Link Magazine Winter Issue 2016 / Vol 39 No1
Distributor's Link Magazine Winter Issue 2016 / Vol 39 No1
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
32 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK<br />
MACLEAN-FOGG COMPANY<br />
1000 Allanson Rd, Mundelein, IL 60060 TEL 847-566-0010 WEB www.macleanfogg.com<br />
MACLEAN-FOGG PASSES PRESIDENTIAL<br />
TORCH TO NEXT GENERATION<br />
Barry L. MacLean, chief executive officer and chairman<br />
of MacLean-Fogg, announced the appointment of Duncan<br />
A. L. MacLean to president of MacLean-Fogg effective<br />
August 15, 2015. Duncan MacLean will remain president<br />
of MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions and, on October<br />
15, 2015, will assume the role of president of MacLean<br />
Power Systems. Tom Smith, current president of MacLean<br />
Power Systems, will be stepping down on October 15,<br />
2015. Tom Smith will remain<br />
a close advisor to the<br />
company and will be<br />
committing time to support<br />
MPS. Additionally, Tom Smith<br />
has been appointed to vice<br />
chairman of the MacLean-<br />
Fogg Board of Directors,<br />
where he has served for five<br />
years. Barry MacLean stated,<br />
“Tom’s leadership and<br />
knowledge of the utility<br />
markets worldwide are critical<br />
to the long-term growth of MacLean-Fogg.” Duncan<br />
MacLean said, “The many synergies of MacLean Fogg’s<br />
manufacturing methods and operations represent a strong<br />
foundation upon which to continue to invent new products<br />
and offer our customers solutions to meet their needs.”<br />
Barry MacLean commented that Duncan MacLean is<br />
the fourth generation of the MacLean family to lead the<br />
MacLean-Fogg company. “Timing is of significance,” said<br />
Barry MacLean, “since this transition is occurring in the<br />
celebratory year of our 90th anniversary of private<br />
enterprise.” MacLean-Fogg was founded in 1925 by John<br />
A. MacLean. With five employees in rented space on<br />
Kildare Avenue, the company manufactured one<br />
specialized fastener for the nation’s railroads. John A.<br />
MacLean, Jr. became president in 1931 and developed the<br />
company into a broader supplier for the railroad<br />
marketplace.<br />
In 1961, Barry MacLean joined MacLean-Fogg and<br />
became president and chief executive officer in 1972.<br />
Today, the company operates 35 global manufacturing<br />
facilities with annual sales in excess of one billion dollars<br />
and a workforce of over<br />
3,500. MacLean-Fogg<br />
manufactures engineered<br />
metal and plastic<br />
components for the industrial,<br />
automotive, truck and military<br />
markets, and hardware and<br />
devices for use in the<br />
transmission and distribution<br />
of energy, as well as<br />
telephone and cable<br />
infrastructures. MacLean<br />
Power Systems and MacLean<br />
Fogg Component Solutions are two go-to market<br />
identification names. MacLean Power Systems,<br />
headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina, manufactures<br />
patented and trademarked insulation and protection<br />
products, connectors and pole line fastening systems.<br />
MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions, headquartered in<br />
Mundelein, Illinois, manufactures patented and<br />
trademarked power train components for automotive<br />
transmissions, specialty fasteners, plastic assemblies,<br />
and suspension elements.<br />
Barry L. MacLean will remain as chief executive officer<br />
and chairman of MacLean-Fogg, headquartered in<br />
Mundelein, Illinois.<br />
BUSINESS FOCUS ARTICLE<br />
MACLEAN-FOGG
Change language