7th Gen Hollingsworth & Vose - Manufacturing Innovation Since 1728
A family company since 1793. Val and Annie Hollingsworth on keeping fifty-plus cousins interested and always having a better product on the bench.
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The Business Family Diagnostic · Engine
Always have a better product on the bench.
Seven generations in, the Hollingsworth family still treats standing still as the biggest risk. Does your family talk about the next opportunity, not only about protecting what it has?
“When a family member brings a new business idea, the family has a way to consider it seriously.”
Biography
Val Hollingsworth has served as President of Hollingsworth & Vose Company since January 1997, and added the title of Chief Executive Officer in January 1998. He began in operations, working as a Shift Supervisor and as a Production Manager, then held a series of manufacturing, sales, and marketing positions. He served as Mill Manager of our West Groton Mill and General Manager of the Battery Separator Business Unit. While the majority of his career has been at H&V, he also spent two years in the Investment Banking Division at Lehman Brothers in New York. Val earned a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.
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