TROY, Mich., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble International, Ltd. ("Noble" or the "Company") today announced the hiring of James C. Orchard as the Company's global Chief Operating Officer and John Nechiporchik as the Chief Operating Officer of the North American operations.
Mr. Orchard arrives at Noble from Faurecia North America where was President and responsible for 9,000 associates working in twenty-three manufacturing facilities and four technical centers in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Before assuming the role of President of Faurecia North America, Mr. Orchard was President of North American & Asian Operations for Visteon Corporation and responsible for restructuring and transforming Visteon into a Tier 1 supplier after the operations were spun-off from Ford Motor Company. Jim had overall responsibility for $14 billion of sales manufactured in forty- three facilities.
Prior to Visteon, Mr. Orchard held multiple executive positions at ZF Friedrichschafen AG, ultimately serving as the CEO of the North and South American Operations. Jim began his career at Dana Corporation where held a variety of different operational roles.
Mr. Orchard earned degrees in business administration and marketing from Indiana University. He is also Chairman of the Original Equipment Suppliers Association.
Noble's Chief Executive Officer, Thomas L. Saeli commented on the hiring, "Jim's 35+ years of global automotive experience will be invaluable to Noble. We now have 24 manufacturing facilities in 12 countries in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. We will draw on Jim's leadership and operational expertise as we continue to integrate and develop our worldwide business. We are excited to be able to attract an executive of Jim's caliber to Noble as we enter the next chapter in our development as a world class company and leader in laser welding and roll formed tubular products."
Mr. Nechiporchik spent the last four years as President of Roush Industries Manufacturing division. Prior to Roush, Mr. Nechiporchik was President of Guide Corporation, a $430 million tier one supplier of automotive lighting systems.
John was employed for nineteen years at ASC Incorporated starting as a Plant Manager and eventually progressed to become President and COO of the Specialty Vehicles and Open Air Systems division of ASC. He started his career at the Packard Electric Division of GM in various operational and quality control positions. John joined Packard after earning a Bachelor of Industrial Administration from the General Motors Institute.
Noble's North American President, Frank Sovis commented on John's hiring, "The combination of John's operations experience, executive leadership skills and focus on manufacturing excellence will serve our Company very well. I'm excited to have John as part of our team."
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