PRIMUS Sterilizer recently announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Jim Fry as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. Fry brings with him a deep operating history and broad market experience in the life science and healthcare industry. He has led and been a member of executive teams that developed global solutions for customers in the key segments that PRIMUS operates in.
Prior to joining PRIMUS, Jim held multiple roles within Getinge including President of LANCER USA, SVP Getinge North America, and a member of Getinge’s Portfolio Decision Board that was responsible for all product life cycle decisions inside the Infection Control Division of the Getinge Group. Jim’s last position with Getinge was head of its newly formed Life Science business unit with P&L responsibility for the Americas region as well as a member of the global Life Science Management team.
Former CEO Michael Douglas is stepping down after six years with PRIMUS. During Michael’s tenure at PRIMUS, he successfully led the company through numerous facility consolidation initiatives and greatly expanded the operating margins of the business.
With thousands of steam sterilizers operating around the world, PRIMUS specializes in the design and manufacture of steam sterilizers for the healthcare, animal care, research laboratory and FDA-regulated applications. PRIMUS is a twenty-five year old company headquartered in Omaha, NE with its own ASME code manufacturing and assembly facilities in Great Bend, KS. For more information, visit PRIMUS online at http://www.primus-sterilizer.com.