Hyde IBS Hires Controller

Hyde Industrial Blade Solutions (IBS; Southbridge, MA), a leading manufacturer of industrial knives and blades used in metalworking that recently celebrated their 140th year in business, has announced that Richard “Rick” Howard, has been hired in a newly created position of controller, where he will oversee the finance department.

Howard brings over 30 years of accounting experience in manufacturing environments. At IBS and for the Hyde Group of Companies, he is responsible for financial statement reporting, cost accounting, inventory management, budgeting and overhead analysis, and manufacturing order monitoring.

Prior to joining them, he was with Simonds International (Fitchburg, MA), where he had been the plant controller for three of their manufacturing facilities. In that position he was heavily involved in all aspects of financial statement reporting and analysis. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Dayton Ohio, majoring in accounting. He also attended The School of Computer Technology (Pittsburgh, PA).

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