Shurtape Technologies LLC has announced Vuk Trivanovic CEO of the company’s industrial and engineered solutions (ESG) groups. Trivanovic will expand his role and responsibilities to encompass the full scope of Shurtape’s global business, now including its Ohio-based consumer & craftsman (C&C) group. The leadership transition comes as John Kahl, current CEO of Shurtape’s C&C group, will retire effective Dec. 31, 2021. Kahl and Trivanovic will continue to serve on the board of directors of for Shurtape’s parent company, STM Industries.
Vuk Trivanovic, Shurtape Technologies’ new CEO
“I am humbled and honored to assume the role of CEO of the Shurtape Group of Companies and wish to thank John for his superlative leadership and selfless commitment to the business over the course of his 36-year career,” says Trivanovic. “The success of Shurtape’s C&C business has always been rooted in its embrace of innovation and imagination, and that will never cease to be the case. My goal is simply to build upon that rich legacy by helping Shurtape continue to develop better, easier solutions for everyday household and workforce tasks.”
Trivanovic joined the company in 2015 as chief operating officer, a role that allowed him to become familiar with all aspects of Shurtape’s business and the various markets served by the company. In February 2020, he assumed overall leadership of the industrial and ESG Groups, and in that expanded role has been overseeing the company’s continued growth in those markets throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Shurtape has thrived for generations by embracing change and by developing and promoting individuals who demonstrate outstanding leadership and vision,” says Stephen Shuford, vice chairman of STM Industries. “Over the course of his six-year career at the company, Vuk has steadily earned the confidence and respect of the board, his co-workers, our customers, supply chain partners and local community leaders. We are all eager to lend our support as he captains the next leg of Shurtape’s continuing growth journey.”
While Trivanovic will be based in Hickory, North Carolina, where Shurtape Technologies is headquartered, the company’s C&C group will maintain its operations in Avon, Ohio, where the company recently extended the lease on its facility until 2031.
