Container manufacturer Taylor has announced that its Chief Executive Officer David Williams is to step down from 30 June 2014.

Williams has worked at Taylor for eight years, and has previously held the roles of Managing Director and Operations Director.

The company has not stated the reason for Williams’s departure, nor has it yet announced who will be filling the role of CEO once he leaves the company this summer.

However, it is expected that this announcement, along with a ‘number of product and service announcements’, will be made ‘over the coming months’.

Speaking of his departure, Williams said: “Taylor has been my life for the past eight years and I will miss it. Working with a fantastic team, I have genuinely enjoyed my time here and it has been a real privilege to have led this quality company.

“I am extremely proud of our achievements during my time with this market-leading company and happily leave it in a growing economy with a solid core business and an excellent array of growth opportunities”.

‘David has dramatically reshaped Taylor’s business’

Layton Tamberlin, Non-Executive Director of Taylor, added: “David has dramatically reshaped Taylor’s business during his tenure, initially leading the professionalisation of operations and then the development of growth strategies including export, new product development and, recently, the acquisition of Sellers Containers Ltd.

“The board thanks David for his efforts and achievements during his time with Taylor and wishes him well for the future.”

Taylor has been undertaking a period of recapitalisation recently, and last year acquired container manufacturer Sellers Containers. This will now become a full component of the Taylor Group under the name Taylor Containers.

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