Eau Claire, WI—McDonough Manufacturing, based here, recently announced the appointment of Hugh Hawley as vice president operations. Hawley began his career at McDonough in 2007 as the general manager of the edger division before being named general manager at McDonough Canada Ltd. in 2017. McDonough Manufacturing produces edgers, resaws, bandmills, gangs, carriages and material handling.
A graduate of the forest engineering program at the University of New Brunswick, Hawley spent his career in the lumber industry as a sawmill supervisor before moving into sawmill machinery manufacturing. Previously, Hawley worked for Valley Machine Works, Shubenacadie Lumber Company, Groupe Level and J.D. Irving. His first job in the forest products industry was as a planer mill supervisor with J.D. Irving.
Hawley was a member of the University of New Brunswick Woodsmen (team captain and coach) and is currently enrolled in the Wallace McCain Institute’s Strategic Executive Program. In his free time, Hawley enjoys hunting, fishing and coaching baseball.
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