Bill Henricks, General Manager of the East Troy, Wisconsin facility, has announced that Kathy Balota has accepted the position of East Troy Operations Manager. Ms Balota joined Plymouth Tube May 2006 as the Manufacturing Excellence Manager for both the East Troy, and Trent facilities. Prior to working with Plymouth Tube, Kathy was with GM and Delco Electronics in a variety of positions such Operations Manager, Industrial Engineering, Forward Planning, Production Control and Logistics. She is a member of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence and the Southeast Wisconsin Lean Consortium.