CIRCOR Aerospace is pleased to announce the appointment of Fei Lu to the position of Vice President – Finance CIRCOR Aerospace Products Group. Fei will report directly to Christopher Celtruda, Group Vice President, and will also become a member of the senior leadership team for CIRCOR Aerospace and Circle Seal Controls.

Fei joins CIRCOR from St. Gobain Performance Plastics Corp (PPC) where he was the Division Controller. PPC is a US$250M division of Saint Gobain, with 12 manufacturing locations in North and South America, Europe and Asia. PPC serves the automotive, aerospace, pump/valve/ compressors, medical devices, semi-conductor and industrial markets on a worldwide basis.

Prior to that, Mr. Lu held a number of senior financial roles within the Saint Gobain organization. He joined the company as Strategic Business Unit Controller for the Furon Company, which was acquired by Saint Gobain in 1999. Fei began his career at the Institute of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China and held finance and accounting roles with ITT Corporation in Southern California.

Among the factors that attracted Fei to CIRCOR was the commitment of our operations teams to implement lean manufacturing and our focus to grow into a truly global company.

Fei holds an MBA degree from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Law degree from College of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China.

We are also pleased to announce that Michael Hubbard will transition to the role of Director of Information Technologies for CIRCOR Aerospace and Circle Seal Controls, with reporting relationships to Christopher Celtruda and Rick Broughton, CIRCOR International CIO.