New Production Manager at Norco

Norco – a Dorset based composite manufacturer, has appointed James Luby as the new Production Manager at their dedicated composites manufacturing centre.

Mark Northey, the Managing Director of Norco describes the appointment as follows: “Coming from an aerospace background, James brings a wealth of production knowledge and high-quality standards to our Composites Centre.” “He will manage all aspects of the centre’s operations including all current & new production, production planning, procurement, scheduling and manufacturing engineering.” The challenges and goals within the Production Manager role include, implementing a ‘Continuous Improvement’ methodology throughout the business, developing standardised processes & driving process improvement.

James is taking over from Steve Cox who joined Norco in 2017. Steve has been key to the expansion of the Composites Centre and recruiting James. They both worked together at previous employment and James will take on the mantle. Excited to undertake this new role, James comments: “I’m really looking forward to the challenge ahead, my primary focus will be to ensure projects are delivered ‘on-time’ & ‘on-budget’, whilst meeting the needs of our current customers & establishing relationships with new customers”.

Norco Holdings was selected in 2017 by Atlas Elektronik UK (AEUK) to build the fleet of replacement Workboats ordered by the UK MoD and due to be delivered over the next six years.

By Jake Frith