New Managing Director at spring manufacturer Lesjofors

(Pictured: Michael Gibbs, Christofer Hedvall, Vice President Europe for the Lesjofors Group and Luke Smith)

Michael Gibbs, having taken Lesjofors from beach 'hut' to two world leading spring manufacturing sites, has been promoted to European Operations Director for the global Lesjofors Group.

Commenting, Luke Smith says: "After five years of driving operational excellence across our operations, I am thrilled to take this next step. It's an exciting time for our business and with a team that has an embedded high-performance culture, I'm looking forward to developing our next stages of growth."

Michael Gibbs concludes: "I could not be prouder of everything the team has achieved over the past 23 years of my leadership. We have grown twenty-fold to become a key supplier to Europe's automotive aftermarket industry and expanded our manufacturing facilities and capabilities to supply springs across exceptionally diverse industries.

"We have come a long way since the company's early days next to Perranporth beach and I am excited to see Luke's vision take the team to a new level of success. His operational background, customer focused approach, project execution and leadership skills will take the company from strength to strength."