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Rich Everly has been named vice president, Paint for Greer.
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Karl Loessl has been appointed vice president, Body in White.
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Dirk Hilgenberg is the new vice president of Assembly.
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Richard Morris assumes a new role as vice president, Project Integration,
Included in the new management appointments is the formulation of a new management function to oversee project integration to serve the needs of the plant’s future growth.
Rich Everly has been named vice president, Paint for Greer. Everly was one of the first associates hired in 1994 when BMW announced it would build its first plant outside of Germany.
Everly began his BMW career managing the materials planning group, was promoted to manage quality, process and structure planning and, most recently, steered the installation of the plant’s new paint shop, including the ramp up of production and maintenance.
Karl Loessl has been appointed vice president, Body in White. Loessl began his career with BMW nearly 30 years ago as a planner in the Munich body shop. Since them, Loessl has progressed through various management positions in both the Munich and Dingolfing, Germany plants.
Dirk Hilgenberg is the new vice president of Assembly. He was the head of assembly technology for the BMW Group. Hilgenberg succeeds Richard Morris who served as vice president of Assembly for the plant since 2009.
Morris assumes a new role as Vice President, Project Integration, the company’s newest department that is wholly committed to cross-functional steering and integration.