Lippert appoints new director of operations for Italian division

RV components and accessories powerhouse Lippert has appointed Gianluca Cricchi as director of operations for Lippert, RV Italy. With more than ten years of experience working as a project manager and then process engineer and manufacturing manager for Electrolux, Gianluca has also worked for Italian group Targetti as vice president of operations and product marketing.

Michele Checcucci, CEO of Lippert, RV Italy, said: “I am thrilled to welcome Gianluca Cricchi to our team. He is a professional that Jim Menefee and I have strongly wanted to allow the group to grow further and improve itself. He is an expert in production planning, management of efficiency programs and process engineering, and was responsible for the complete re-engineering of a large production plant - all skills that will be extremely useful to a business like ours that has grown through acquisitions and has six business units in Italy with very different production volumes and turnover. I have no doubt that Gianluca's experience will allow us to optimize production, processes and costs. I was able to choose the best from a wide range of candidates. This is another advantage of working in a company like the Lippert Group, which puts people first and has the resources to choose the best.”

Meanwhile, Gianluca added: “The mantra, ‘whenever, wherever, we make your experience better’ perfectly summarizes the company philosophy that I firmly believe: paying great attention to people is a determining factor in maintaining market leadership and being able to meet customer needs. My goal, at the operations level, is to consolidate Lippert's reputation as a trusted supplier to RV customers and to try to give this a further boost so that their needs are always met. Lippert is a company that has grown through acquisitions and it is important to standardize production methods by applying lean manufacturing concepts. In some areas these concepts are already applied, but not in others. We want to lead the development towards industry 4.0 – a model partially already present in Lippert, but that we can implement and improve with the means available.”

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