Flow-Rite, a manufacturer of injection-molded fluid control components, has hired Angela Paauwe as its new operations director. Company President Todd Hart made the announcement.
A member of the Flow-Rite executive leadership team, Paauwe oversees operations, maintenance, continuous improvement, molding, production control and advanced sourcing. She drives advances throughout the company by utilizing lean principles and holding to +QDIP metrics of safety, quality, delivery, inventory and productivity.
Paauwe also has a strong engineering background, according to Flow-Rite.
Prior to Flow-Rite, Paauwe held multiple roles at Steelcase, where she began as an industrial/manufacturing engineer and left as a consultant for global operations for new product development. She holds a Bachelor of Science in engineering from Michigan State University and a Master of Science in engineering/industrial management from Western Michigan University.