Apogee Names Tom Graham President of TruVue Unit
MINNEAPOLIS, April 26 -- Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: APOG - news) today announced the promotion of Thomas Graham, 61, from vice president and general manager to the new position of president at Apogee’s TruVue unit. TruVue, based in McCook, Illinois, is the world leader in value-added glass products for the picture framing industry.
In making the announcement, Russell Huffer, chairman and chief executive officer, cited Graham’s strong contribution to building TruVue from a relatively low-profit unit with $16 million in revenues ten years ago to a $38 million business with solid margins today.
“Tom’s drive and vision have built a stronger business and created more opportunity for all of our employees,” Huffer noted. “It’s a pleasure to provide him with a title that reflects his role.”
Graham joined TruVue in 1990 as vice president and general manager after more than three decades in various manufacturing positions with Owens-Illinois Inc. Since then, the business has grown from two glass products to ten, TruVue added matboard to its product line through a 1993 acquisition and TruVue expanded into a new facility in McCook in 1999.
Graham earned a bachelor degree in marketing and a master’s degree in business administration from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Illinois. He and his wife, Phyllis, have two children.
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. is a world leader in technologies involving the design and development of value-added glass products, services and systems. Organized in two business segments, the Glass Technologies businesses are leaders primarily in architectural glass and high-end glass coatings for the electronics markets, while the Glass Services businesses are leaders in replacement auto glass and building glass services. Headquartered in Minneapolis, the company’s stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol APOG.