Mr Dodge joins the Leigh family of companies after working with numerous Fortune 500 companies in the building products, paper, chemical, mining and textile industries, as well as small private equity groups driving aggressive EBITDA growth through performance improvement.

“We are delighted to have someone of Harlow’s capability join the Leigh Family in support of our continued efforts to enhance our leadership team and our long-term vision of sustainable growth,” said President Don Bockoven.

Harlow Frederick Dodge

Over the last two decades, Harlow has been employed by Georgia Pacific Corporation starting out on the shop floor and rising to Executive Vice President over the gypsum division, which has 28 locations in the United States and Canada.

According to Leigh Fibers, Mr. Dodge will utilize his extensive experience of Lean Six Sigma practices, strategy deployment, operational restructuring, risk management, and operations excellence to improve and grow the Leigh and ICE operations and product lines.

Harlow Dodge has a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Human Organizational Development/Business Administration and Economics from Vanderbilt University and is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt.

Leigh family of companies

Leigh Fibers is headquartered in Wellford, SC. For nearly 100 years, Leigh has manufactured, traded and reprocessed fibres and polymers worldwide.

Through sustainable product engineering, its branded products, and specialty fibres, the company has provided many industries with solutions to their specific problems. Since its beginning, Leigh has diverted more than 14 billion pounds of textile waste and by-products from landfills and is currently active in 25 countries.

ICE Recycling, a Leigh Fibers company, of Lake City, SC, was founded in 2008. ICE Recycling reprocesses post-industrial polymers, cardboard, paper and metals for companies throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. The company provides both on-site waste-stream management as well as off-site reprocessing services.

www.leighfibers.com