Deceuninck North America Announces Appointment of Terrence Ceulemans as Company’s New President
Experienced Executive Brings Vision for Growth, Innovation, and Global Connectivity to Deceuninck North America
MONROE, OH – Deceuninck North America, an industry-leading manufacturer and extruder of energy-efficient residential and commercial PVC window and door components and systems, has appointed Terrence Ceulemans to serve as its new president. Ceulemans replaces Joren Knockaert, outgoing president, who is transitioning to a global role as chief corporate planning officer for the Deceuninck Group in Belgium.
Ceulemans has served for decades in operational and strategic roles, having spent the last 30 years at 3M Company, where he led a number of business lines and operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the United States.
“We want to extend our most sincere appreciation to Joren and the outstanding job he has done in his four years in North America,” said Stefaan Haspeslagh, CEO of the Deceuninck Group. “Terrence will undoubtedly build on this momentum. He is an inclusive leader with a passion for growing high-performance, cross-functional teams.”
“Deceuninck is a leader in windows and doors with tremendous growth potential, and I am eager to work with such a strong team to help shape our future,” said Ceulemans.
Ceulemans is Six Sigma Business Black Belt certified and received his bachelor's and master's degrees in chemical engineering from KU Leuven in Belgium. He assumed his role as president of Deceuninck North America as of November 25.
About Deceuninck North America
Deceuninck North America, LLC is an industry-leading fully integrated design, compounding, tooling, lamination, fiberglass pultrusion and PVC extrusion company that produces energy-efficient residential and commercial window and door systems. The company is committed to developing high-performance products and has customers that produce over 7 million windows and doors annually. Its headquarters are in Monroe, Ohio, with a facility in Fernley, Nevada. Deceuninck North America is part of the Deceuninck Group, an integrated global organization that produces PVC window systems for the building industry. Deceuninck Group is headquartered in Belgium, is listed on Euronext Brussels (ticker: DECB) and employs 3,700 people servicing more than 4,000 customers in more than 90 countries with worldwide production facilities. For more information, please visit DeceuninckNA.com or www.deceuninck.com/investors.
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