UPG CEO steps down,plant closes

摘要

Nine days after the April 13 announcement that Shannon White,CEO of United Plastics Group Inc.(UPG;Westmont,IL),was resigning,the company announced that it would close its El Paso,TX molding facility as of June 30.White came to UPG in July 2001,replacing William Kriss,after previous career stops at Rexam PLC,Alcoa,and AlliedSignal.It was work with UPG's founder,private investment firm Aurora Capital Group(Los Angeles,CA),as a consultant that initially landed him the UPG job,viewed as a turnaround gig.