Crespo named VP of Nordson PPS division

Jesus Crespo has joined Nordson Corporation as vice president leading the Polymer Processing Systems (PPS) division. Mr. Crespo brings twenty years of executive experience in industrial management. Most recently he was vice president and general manager of Oshkosh Corporation’s OEM concrete mixer truck business, and previously he served as vice president and general manager of the Global Appliance Division of Illinois Tool Works (ITW).

Nordson’s PPS products include BKG^® pelletizers, melt pumps, and melt filtration systems and EDI^® polymer extrusion and fluid coating dies. The PPS division is now part of the Industrial Precision Solutions (IPS) segment of Nordson, formed in 2020 in a corporate business realignment and headed by Gregory P. Merk, executive vice president.

“Jesus has a proven track record of leading division-level transformations that revitalized businesses and drove organic growth,” said Mr. Merk. “He will focus our best resources to bring product and service innovations that make our customers more successful.”