ACS Group names new president

Plastics processing equipment manufacturer ACS Group has named Jim Holbrook as its new president.

Holbrook is a mechanical engineer with an MBA and spent over 20 years with the Emerson Electric Company, with the last 11 years in division president roles for the controls and motor businesses of Emerson. Most recently, he served as president and CEO of Ramu Inc., a venture capital funded start-up company that was sold to Regal Beloit.

ACS Group manufactures size reduction equipment (granulators and shredders), material conveying equipment, metering and blending devices, heat exchangers (mold temperature controls units and chillers), drying systems, presses, and robots, marketed under AEC, Sterling, Sterlco, Sterltech, Ball & Jewell, Cumberland Engineering, Colortronic, Economizer, Wabash and Carver brand names.