UNION CITY, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Kinetics Systems, Inc., a global provider of process and mechanical solutions to the electronics, biopharmaceutical and general industry sectors, today announced that Kurt Gilson has resigned as Chief Executive Officer and a member of its board of directors. J. Gordon Beittenmiller, 46, has been named the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer, and a member of its board of directors. Mr. Beittenmiller joined Kinetics earlier this year as President and Chief Financial Officer after serving over eight years at Comfort Systems USA, Inc. one of the largest mechanical firms in the US, where he was a founding member and served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Director. Kinetics Systems, Inc, has now begun a search for a new CFO.
“The Board of Directors and all of Kinetics thank Kurt for the significant contributions he has made during his seventeen years with the Company,” said Mr. Beittenmiller. “During his tenure, Kurt was instrumental in developing the Company’s clean process offerings, including pioneering work in our design/build biopharmaceutical capabilities. He also played a key role managing Kinetics through significant organizational and operating challenges over recent years. We are pleased that Kurt has agreed to work with the Company in a significant consulting role going forward, and look forward to continuing to benefit from his wide experience in our markets.”
Tony Ressler, Managing Partner of Ares Management, Kinetics’s controlling shareholder, stated, “We thank Kurt Gilson for his substantial service to Kinetics and look forward to his ongoing contributions. We are pleased to have someone of Gordie Beittenmiller’s capabilities and experience in the specialty engineering and facilities sector take a broader leadership role for the Company. As we look ahead, we remain very optimistic about the outlook for the semiconductor and biopharmaceutical sectors, and the tremendous value Kinetics can add to critical process and facilities needs in these key industries.”
Beittenmiller concluded, “Kinetics carries the premier reputation in the specialty process sector worldwide, and I am very proud to be associated with such a superb team. With a renewed focus on our core traditional strengths in complex and highly specified process and mechanical applications, Kinetics is well on its way to new levels of performance for all our stakeholders in the exciting sectors we serve.”
About Kinetics:
Kinetics is a global provider of process and mechanical solutions to the electronics, biopharmaceutical, and general industry sectors. Kinetics combines support equipment assembly, design, global installation capability and on-going service and support for complete process system installations around the world. The company has 32 offices and approximately 3,000 employees, strategically located in high-technology areas where semiconductor fabs and biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities are built. Kinetics is based in Union City, California. For more information, visit http://www.kineticsgroup.com.
Kinetics Systems, Inc.
CONTACT: Michael Lynch, Executive Vice President of Kinetics Systems,Inc., +1-510-675-6000 or Mlynch@kineticsgroup.com
Web site: http://www.kineticsgroup.com/
