Hans Wunderl Joins The LGL Group Board of Directors, Steps Down From Management Role
February 04 2010 - 5:07PM
PR Newswire (US)
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The LGL Group, Inc.
(NYSE Amex: LGL) (the "Company") announced today that Hans Wunderl,
the Company's Chief Operating Officer, has completed his one-year
assignment as COO and will step down from his positions with the
Company. Mr. Wunderl's COO position was created as an interim
management role intended to assist in a broad-based overhaul of the
Company, emphasizing efficiencies and customer product improvements
across the Company's global supply chain. Greg Anderson, the
Company's Chief Executive Officer, will again be the head of
operations. In order to allow Mr. Wunderl to continue to promote
stockholder value creation, he has been elected to serve on the
Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Wunderl, a 26-year industry
veteran, became COO in February 2009, after serving the Company as
a consultant to help it convert a rightsizing plan based on
declining sales volumes into a restructuring plan focused on
permanent improvements. This mission to reposition the Company,
help return it to profitability, and drive value creation for
stockholders, is still in progress. Chairman of the Board Marc
Gabelli said, "We are glad to welcome Hans to the LGL Board of
Directors, and we look forward to his continued support and
leadership as a director." Mr. Wunderl has held executive positions
in operations and sales at several semiconductor manufacturing
companies, including BE Semiconductor Industries, Oerlikon Group,
and ASM International. He is a native of the Netherlands and holds
M.S. and B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Technical
University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands. CEO Greg Anderson said,
"LGL enters the new year in a strong position to reap the benefits
of the restructuring changes made during 2009." Mr. Anderson
continued, "The Company began fiscal year 2010 with a very strong
backlog of new orders and a corporate structure that we believe
will sustain an improved bottom line. The benefits of our efforts
to improve LGL's operational efficiency and supply chain are now
being realized. Management continues to drive forward additional
improvements to operational efficiency, while maintaining its focus
on LGL's ability to best service our core customers." About The LGL
Group, Inc. The LGL Group, Inc., through its wholly owned
subsidiary MtronPTI, manufactures and markets highly engineered
electronic components used to control the frequency or timing of
signals in electronic circuits. These devices are used extensively
in infrastructure equipment for the telecommunications and network
equipment industries. They are also used in electronic systems for
military applications, avionics, earth-orbiting satellites, medical
devices, instrumentation, industrial devices and global positioning
systems. The Company has operations in Orlando, Florida, Yankton,
South Dakota and Noida, India. MtronPTI also has a sales office in
Hong Kong, China. For more information on the Company and its
products and services, contact R. LaDuane Clifton, Corporate
Controller, The LGL Group, Inc., 2525 Shader Rd., Orlando, Florida
32804, (407) 298-2000, or visit the Company's Web site:
http://www.lglgroup.com/. Caution Concerning Forward Looking
Statements This document may include certain "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's
current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in
circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from these
expectations due to changes in global political, economic,
business, competitive, market and regulatory factors. More detailed
information about those factors is contained in the LGL Group's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Contact: Greg
Anderson, The LGL Group, Inc. (407) 298-2000 Email: DATASOURCE: The
LGL Group, Inc. CONTACT: Greg Anderson, The LGL Group, Inc.,
+1-407-298-2000, Web Site: http://www.lglgroup.com/
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