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Article: Jervis B. Webb Company Announces Retirement of President and Co-CEO Susan M. Webb.
- Article from:
- Journal of Transportation
- Article date:
- November 15, 2008
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Jervis B. Webb Company ("Webb") of Farmington Hills, Mich., USA, - a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daifuku Co., Ltd. of Japan - marks the end of an era with the retirement of Susan M. Webb, its President and co-CEO. Ms. Webb will continue to serve on Webb's Board of Directors. She will be succeeded as President and co-CEO by Ryuichi Kitaguchi, who will also continue as President of Daifuku America Corporation. Ms. Webb, the granddaughter of founder Jervis B. Webb, has led the Company since 2003, when she succeeded her uncle, George H. Webb. Ms. Webb guided the Company through an expansion of its airport baggage handling system and automated guided vehicle business lines, and the ...