PP Management & Automation (PP C&A) has introduced its new Chief Government Officer. Pinaki Banerjee shall be taking on from Tony Hague, who is ready to pursue a purely business and customer-focused position inside the enterprise. This announcement marks a key milestone in PP C&A’s long-term succession plan as the corporate seems to extend its footprint in Central Europe and North America by way of a sequence of acquisitions. This might see the corporate’s income double and exceed £70M by way of natural and inorganic progress.
“PP Management & Automation is at an thrilling stage of its growth. Below the wonderful management of Tony, the agency has turn into a world-class manufacturing specialist, working with a number of the greatest world equipment builders,” mentioned Pinaki. “The foundations are set and our fame within the UK and elements of North America is robust. Our alternative now could be to take this strategic manufacturing service supply to new markets, and Central Europe is certainly the primary territory in our sights.”
He continued, “As a way to achieve market share there, it’s important to enhance your individual manufacturing footprint, and we consider one of the simplest ways to do that is thru acquisition. If we will discover the correct home firm that shares our values and brings a brand new engineering self-discipline into the combination, then that may be utopia. This isn’t a pipedream; that is the goal inside the first twelve months. That’s why my abilities in M&A exercise and world operations – honed by way of many a long time and throughout completely different markets – shall be essential.”
Pinaki joins PP C&A
Beforehand, Pinaki has labored at Rubix, Hoffman Group, and Pilkington, offering him with insights into over 90 worldwide markets. Throughout this time, he additionally oversaw 5 main acquisitions.
“Consolidation is going on throughout us – with the fittest and finest follow firms absorbing extra market share and incorporating new options,” mentioned Pinaki. “With the acceleration in digital transformation, I can solely see this rising, and PP Management & Automation is completely set as much as win each natural work and to broaden by way of M&A. First in Central Europe after which in North America is the place I’m trying to take us, while all alongside guaranteeing the UK stays our world-class manufacturing centre.”
Hague displays on his time as CEO of PP C&A
Using over 200 folks at its facility within the West Midlands, PP C&A helps to construct machines that robotically milk cows, present on a regular basis packaging options, shield telephones from water harm, and reduce elements utilized by System One groups and airways.
“After 24 years on the helm, it was time for a brand new pair of eyes to take the corporate to the subsequent stage, and I’m extraordinarily excited to see what Pinaki can carry to PP C&A. In brief, it’s an enormous coup for us to draw somebody of his worldwide expertise,” mentioned Hague. “I’m going to stay within the enterprise, specializing in key accounts and serving to to drive business exercise. My coronary heart will at all times be right here, so it was the smart choice and frees me as much as discover extra volunteering and trustee roles, which I’m eager to do.”