Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | October 28, 2024 | Worcester Business Journal 11 35th Anniversary WBJ SENDING A FROM OUR TEAM TO YOURS! Lavon Winkler joined FLEXcon in 2017 as president of FLEXcon North America, with McDonough remaining chairman and CEO, before eventually rising to CEO in 2020. 2019 Aer going public late in 2018, Dell Technologies saw its stock price soar to $70 per share in May before experiencing months of fluctuation. At the same time, Dell EMC's sharper focus on cloud storage and security helped bolster its parent company's 31.5-percent share of the global external storage market. Now a $1.6-billion company, Consig- li – Engineering News-Record's 2019 New England Contractor of the Year – announced in June the acquisition of T.G. Nickel & As- sociates, a New York-based contracting firm In two weeks in April 2020, FLEXcon made 60,000 face shields and donated 30,000 to healthcare facilities across Mas- sachusetts and as far west as California as doctors and nurses grappled with how to safely treat patients during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. In July of that year, Polar Beverages an- nounced a franchise agreement with long- time partner Keurig Dr. Pepper to allow for the national distribution of Polar products. Aimee Peacock, who joined FLEXcon North America as chief financial officer, was promoted to president in 2021, the first woman to hold that position. 2024 Peacock has been CEO of Flexcon Global for about a year, aligning Flexcon Europe, Asia, and North America under one global executive team. Under Peacock's leadership, Flexcon launched a new brand in late 2023 highlighting its evolution as a provider of innovative coatings and functional technologies. L.S. Starrett became a private company earlier this year aer its merger with private equity firm MiddleGround Capital. Douglas A. Starrett told the Athol Daily News in March going private could save the compa- ny about $3 million annually on Securities and Exchange Commission filings and other regulatory costs. Herrman sold 15,000 shares of TJX in September for an average price of $117.54, according to an SEC filing. e sale netted the CEO, who still owned some 536,000 shares of the company, more than $1.7 million. e same month Consigili Building Group completed its acquisition of substan- tial shares of Australia-based construction services firm Lendlease's New York and New Jersey operations, adding a $1.8-billion portfolio and 400 employees to the fold. Today the heralded builders employ more than 1,800 from 14 regional offices as far- flung as the Caribbean. And tomorrow the leaders of all six of these powerhouse companies will wake up thinking of new ways to innovate, expand, and endure. Aimee Peacock, CEO, Flexcon Global COURTESY FLEXCON

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