The L.S. Starrett Company Appoints Director of Operations, Continuous Improvement
Matthew Wells, who has been appointed to director of operations and continuous improvement, has over 25 years of manufacturing experience in the U.S. and Canada.
The L.S. Starrett Company, a leading global manufacturer of precision measuring tools and gages, metrology systems and more, has appointed Matthew Wells as director of operations and continuous improvement. In this new position based at Starrett’s headquarters in Athol, Massachusetts, Wells is responsible for production, planning, production control and purchasing, inventory management, shipping and warehousing, quality, manufacturing, engineering, environment health and safety, maintenance and continuous improvement. Wells reports directly to Emerson Leme, vice president of Starrett Industrial Products, North America.
“We are very pleased to have Matt join the Starrett team,” Leme says. “He brings to Starrett a broad range of manufacturing and production expertise that will be vital for the company’s operations.”
Wells, a Western Massachusetts native, has over 25 years of manufacturing experience in the U.S. and Canada, including extensive experience with Toyota production systems, lean manufacturing and Six Sigma during his tenure at a Toyota motor manufacturing company and The Schaeffler Bearing Group, among other manufacturing enterprises. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s of business administration, both obtained at Western New England University. He currently resides with his family in Central Massachusetts.
