February 4, 2021 3:40 a.m.
In the KQEN Business Spotlight:
Orenco Systems Incorporated is celebrating four decades in business.
A release said as part of that milestone, the company is making some significant changes that better reflect its plans for the future.
A release said after 40-years founder Hal Ball has announced his retirement from day-to-day involvement in the company. Co-founder and former executive vice-president Terry Bounds will serve as both chairman of Orenco’s board of directors, and president over the research and development, operation and maintenance, and facilities departments of the company.
Bounds said “it feels pretty amazing to have achieved this milestone”. He said they couldn’t have done it without the support of everyone they have worked with over the past four decades, both inside and outside Orenco. Bounds said, “We’re also incredibly excited to continue developing innovative, science-based solutions to protect the world’s water for decades to come”.
The release said Orenco is also instituting some organizational changes during the anniversary year. The company will now operate in three distinct divisions to provide more focused service. Jeff Ball will serve as president of Orenco Water, while Eric Ball has been named president of Orenco Composites. Travis Wood, former president of Franklin Control Systems, is the new president of Orenco Controls. Former legal counsel Scott Saulls will now serve as Corporate President.
The release said as already mentioned, Orenco’s wastewater focused operations will now be known as the Orenco Water division. With the company slogan of “Protecting the World’s Water”, Jeff Ball said “We see water as our most valuable resource, no matter where it appears in the water cycle”.
Based in Sutherlin, Orenco Systems has been designing and manufacturing energy-efficient water and wastewater products, large-scale composite structures, and controls products since 1981. The company employs about 400 people and has more than 300 points of distribution worldwide.