BTU International Appoints James Yu Director of Operations, China

Prior to joining BTU, Yu was the director of Asia operations and general manager, Shanghai for a major international manufacturer of electronics products. He holds a bachelor’s degree in automation control engineering from Shanghai University and a master’s degree in business administration from Webster University and Shanghai University of Finance and Economy.

“We are excited to have James heading up our Shanghai operations,” said Jack Antounian, vice president of manufacturing for BTU International. “We have some exciting and challenging plans for achieving operational excellence this year and will be leveraging James’ abilities to help reduce cycle-time and cost all while maintaining focus on product quality.”

“I am honored to be part of BTU China, and very pleased to work with our Global and China team to address the challenges in terms of quality and operation excellences with the development and implementation of a LEAN/6-Sigma based operating system,” said Yu. “We will be building our China operation to be a demand-driven, real-time manufacturing model for growth to satisfy our customers, shareholders and employees,” said Yu.