Kingston Eck becomes President of Viprotron North America

Date: 1 April 2025
Source: Viprotron
Kingston Eck becomes President of Viprotron North America
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Viprotron

Date: 1 April 2025

Viprotron North America is excited to announce an addition to an already winning team! Kingston Eck will be joining the company as the President.

His extensive industry experience and expertise will help the organization reach even higher levels of success moving forward. Mr. Eck stated: “I am thrilled to join a great group of dedicated people who have already shown tremendous progress and success over the past few years. My goal is to leverage my skills and knowledge of the glass business to enhance the performance even further.” 

Ric Schmidt will continue in his role as Vice President of Sales.

"My passion is to work directly with customers and I am very happy to be able to do that 100% of the time. I am really looking forward to working with Mr. Eck to continue to help the organization grow." - Ric Schmidt

"We are truly fortunate to be able to add a high level of talent with Mr. Eck leading the North American subsidiary into the next chapter of growth at Viprotron. The future is looking very bright" - Kai Vogel, owner of Viprotron GmbH

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