Bunting names new chief operating officer

Bunting Magnetics Co., Newton, Kansas, has announced that Jana Davis has been promoted to chief operating officer (COO), a new position within Bunting Magnetics, effective May 30, 2016. Davis joined the company in 2011 as chief financial officer (CFO).

As COO, Davis will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day business operations—including manufacturing, distribution and engineering—of all four Bunting Magnetics divisions: Bunting Magnetics Company, based in Newton; Bunting’s Magnet Materials Division, including its e-commerce site www.buymagnets.com, based in Elk Grove Village, Illinois; Bunting Magnetics Europe, based in the United Kingdom; and Magnet Applications Inc., based in DuBois, Pennsylvania.

Davis will continue to report to Bob Bunting, president and CEO, who announced the promotion.

“Jana is a trusted leader who, as CFO, consistently delivered results in financial management, corporate strategy development, operational efficiencies and people development,” Bunting says. “I can think of no one better to ensure operational excellence and drive our continued market leadership.”

He says the firm will search for a new CFO and adds, “This addition of a COO to our executive management team greatly adds to our capacity to implement our growth strategy and allows me to focus on broader strategic issues.”

“I’m proud to take another step within Bunting Magnetics,” says Davis. “I look forward to this new role and helping the company take its next stage of growth.”

Bunting Magnetics, founded in 1959, offers metal detection, magnetic separation, material handling and printing cylinder product lines for several global markets, including recycling, food packaging and processing, feed and grain, plastics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, offset printing, metal stamping and automobile manufacturing.