Stolle CEO Gus Reall retires, names replacement
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Stolle Machinery Company has announced that Gus Reall has retired as CEO and has named Stolle Global chief operating officer, Michael Larson, as his successor as CEO. Mr Reall will remain as an executive board member.
About Gus Reall
Gus Reall’s long career affords a unique range of experience and relationships that are respected throughout the metal container industry. He began his career in 1983 as an engineer with National Standard Company’s Wagner Litho Division in the three-piece can business. In 1988 he left to join Sequa Can Machinery where he served in various senior management positions in engineering, manufacturing, sales and marketing. In 1998, Reall was named president and general manager of Sequa Can Machinery and was subsequently promoted to corporate vice president and company officer of the Sequa Corporation. Additionally, he served as a director of subsidiary corporations in both the United Kingdom and Brazil.
Following the 2004 merger of Sequa Can Machinery and Stolle Machinery Company, LLC, Mr Reall assumed the position of president of the Stolle Machinery Company’s Can Machinery Division (CMD).
He was appointed CEO of Stolle in October 2011 when the company was acquired by Japanese conglomerate, Toyo Seikan Group. Over the past 13 years, Mr Reall has managed and overseen major growth for Stolle, including the acquisition of several companies and major expansions of Stolle’s facilities around the world. He was included twice in annual lists of the can making industry’s Top 10 Most Influential People compiled by CanTech International magazine.
A graduate of both Union College in Schenectady, NY and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, Mr Reall holds a BSME and an MBA.
About Michael Larson
New CEO Michael Larson’s career has been based with billion dollar niche market organizations, beginning with Carlisle Companies and J.B. Poindexter Company where he was director of operations at both companies. He joined Stolle in April 2007 as the General Manager of the Stolle Sidney (Ohio) manufacturing facility. In 2011, he became the vice president of operations of Stolle Sidney and Canton, and Dayton was added in 2013 with the forming of the Stolle Dayton Machining Center. In 2014 Mr. Larson became a member of the Stolle Executive Team and was promoted to vice president of Stolle’s Ohio operations. He relocated from Ohio to Denver, Colorado in 2016 upon being appointed chief operations officer for all of Stolle’s US operations, and was then named global chief operating officer in early 2024.
Mr Larson’s education includes training and certification as a Journeyman in Metal Fabrication, an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering, an MBA and an Executive MBA. He also has been trained and is certified in a number of Lean Manufacturing business models, including Takt-X, Kaizen and a Six Sigma Green Belt.