Manufacturer names new CEO

PORT RICHEY — Seaway Plastics Engineering, a Pasco County-based injection molding manufacturer, named industry veteran Tom Orr president and CEO.

Orr was also appointed to the company's board of directors, according to a statement.

Orr has over 25 years of domestic manufacturing and international sourcing experience and has held executive positions in sales, marketing, and operations. He joins Seaway Plastics from Poppelmann Plastics USA, a division of Poppelmann Holdings GmbH headquartered in Germany, where he served as president for the past six years. Orr was responsible for leading the expansion of Poppelmann's injection molded and thermoformed products into the U.S. market, the release states.