Plymouth Tube Co. announces John Petreanu as president and CEO

Petreanu brings over 30 years of proven leadership experience in medical devices, aerospace and specialty materials. He has held diverse leadership roles including President at life science advisory firm Paltin Partners LLC, President of Scapa Healthcare, and leading Viant Medical’s Advanced Surgical and Specialties division. Earlier leadership roles with GE Specialty Materials, GE Plastics, and Owens Corning focused on the commercial aerospace and specialty materials industries.

Petreanu brings demonstrated strategic leadership in accelerating business growth, optimizing manufacturing networks, and leading research & development through numerous successful new product launches. His Lean Six Sigma and operational expertise further complement his ability to drive process improvements and deliver sustained performance enhancements.

“I look forward to connecting with the excellent employees, customers, suppliers and stakeholders who have played such a significant role in delivering product and service excellence,” said Petreanu. “The Plymouth Advantage® is built on superior service and value with the industry’s highest quality tubing and extruded metal products. I am excited to work with the Plymouth team to build on a strong foundation of product leadership to increase value for all our partners.”

Petreanu succeeds Pete Murray, who served as Interim President and CEO since 2023 and remains on Plymouth’s Board of Directors. “It is exciting to welcome John Petreanu to Plymouth. His demonstrated leadership driving profitable growth in technically demanding markets is perfectly suited to increasing value for customers and opportunities for employees,” said Pete. “Plymouth Tube is energized to continue innovating and growing into its second century.” Mr. Murray led Plymouth through a very successful strategic alignment process and positioned the management team and the company for an exciting future as it begins its second hundred years in business.