Tag: Ken Spett
Ken Spett named to District Export Council
February 8, 2022HME News Staff
ATLANTA – Ken Spett, CEO of Graham-Field, has been appointed by the secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce to the District Export Council for a four-year term. The department established the council in 1974 to support the expansion of export communities for U.S. companies. Council members are a part of a select corps of trade experts dedicated to providing international trade leadership and guidance to the local business community and assisting the department on export development issues....
Supply chain constraints: ‘It’s going to get worse,' says Graham-Field CEO
January 7, 2022Liz Beaulieu, Editor
ATLANTA – Even though it manufactures most of its products in the U.S., GF Health Products still imports certain components, not to mention about 1,000 containers of products a year, meaning it, too, has felt the sting of supply chain constraints, says Ken Spett.
“Our logistics people – we never paid too much attention to them,” said Spett, president and CEO. “Now we’re in meetings with the logistics people every day.”
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GF takes increasingly global outlook
January 23, 2018Liz Beaulieu, Editor
ATLANTA - A 35% increase in its international business in the past two years has fueled two recent announcements at GF Health Products, says company exec Ken Spett.
The company announced in December that it was buying Intensa, a healthcare furniture manufacturer based in High Point, N.C., in a move that increases its upholstery making capabilities by 40,000 square feet.
“We currently do upholstery in Georgia and that line is at capacity,” said Spett, president and CEO. “The...
GF Health Products purchases laser cutting system
January 28, 2014HME News Staff
FOND DU LAC, Wis. - GF Health Products now has a bi-dimensional fiber optic laser cutting system in its Fond Du Lac, Wis., facility, the company announced Jan. 27. The facility, where GF manufactures its Patriot Homecare Bed, is already home to a fiber optic laser tube cutting system. “The market for our products will continue to grow, and this additional investment will enable us to remain a competitive force in the healthcare market,” said CEO Ken Spett in a release. “The ability...