McGruder Joins Lavatec

(November, 2023) LAVATEC of Beacon Falls, CT recently hired Michael McGruder as a project manager. Based in Cincinnati, he has more than 30 years of design, manufacturing, project engineering and project-management experience. He is responsible for project planning and equipment installation, and reports to Eric Mueller, LAVATEC’s vice president of engineering, according to a news release.

“When I was recruited for this position, I was intrigued about the industrial laundry industry but was not aware of its scale,” McGruder said. “The equipment and cleaning process, and the challenge of managing these types of projects, is what convinced me to join LAVATEC.”