Morren Named Plant Manager of Eaton's Aerospace Manufacturing Facility in Jackson, Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. … Power management company Eaton has named Reed Morren plant manager of the Aerospace Group's Fuel and Motion Control Systems Division manufacturing facility in Jackson, Miss. He will report to Mike Gallant, the Aerospace Group's vice president of Manufacturing Operations.
"Reed's leadership experience and drive for results are aligned with Eaton's culture of continuous improvement," Gallant said. "He understands our commitment to manufacturing excellence and the essential roles that safety, quality and customer service play in leading a high-performance team."
Previously, Morren was general manager for Aurora Flight Sciences in Columbus, Miss. Prior to that, he worked for The Boeing Company where he held roles of increasing responsibility, including site leader for Boeing's manufacturing plant in Macon, Ga. Morren holds an MBA from the University of Tennessee and a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Southern Mississippi.
Eaton's Jackson, Miss., facility is one of the world's largest aerospace hydraulic pump manufacturing centers and employs a workforce of approximately 550. The facility supplies a wide range of components for commercial and military aircraft and is credited with the design and development of the world's first commercial higher-pressure hydraulic system currently flying on the Airbus A380 passenger jet.
The Jackson team also is the hydraulic system designer for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and a key hydraulic components supplier to the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III flown by the Mississippi Air National Guard and others worldwide.
In the aerospace industry, Eaton is a leading supplier of hydraulic, electro-hydraulic pump and generator products and integrated systems; engine and airframe fuel pumps; electric motors; aircraft door actuation, flight and flow controls; fluid, fuel and air delivery products and systems, including fuel inerting and fuel gauging, ground fueling and aerial refueling; lightning and ignition protection; nose wheel steering systems; integrated control systems; cockpit controls and displays; power and load management systems; pressure sensors, seals and fluid health monitoring products and systems; and aftermarket service and support. Eaton serves commercial and military aerospace, marine, and off-road markets worldwide.
Eaton is a power management company with 2013 sales of $22.0 billion. Eaton provides energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton has approximately 102,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries.www.eaton.com.
Eaton Corporation plc is a diversified industrial group organized around 4 families of products:
- distribution, control and electric protection systems and component (69.1% of net sales): low tension electric appliances, breakers, UPS, modulators, industrial automatisms, etc.;
- aerospace systems (14.7%): fuel power systems, hydraulics and pneumatic systems for commercial and military aircrafts, men/machine interfaces, propellant systems, switching and electrical protection equipment, etc.;
- air managing systems for automotive engines (13.6%). The group also offers transmission systems for trucks;
- hydraulics system and component (6.6%): activity sold on 08/02/2021;
- other (2.6%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (59.5%), Europe (19.1%), Asia/Pacific (10.5%), Latin America (7.3%), and Canada (3.6%).
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