The Stolle management team has a collective experience that reaches across the industry and the globe. From previous experience in managing global relationships, technology and finance, they are well positioned to help continue the leadership of Stolle internally as well as internationally. With a focus on technology and a dedication to continuing Stolle's globalization, each team member brings an invaluable perspective to the company. These experiences blend seamlessly into a vision for the future that include the highest levels of customer satisfaction and the development of revolutionary new technologies that will advance the industry.
Gus Reall is the Chief Executive Officer of Centennial, CO based Stolle Machinery Co., LLC, a global market leader in the provision of high technology capital equipment and services to the beverage, food, and consumer container industries. His long career in the can manufacturing industry affords a unique range of experience and relationships that are respected throughout the metal container industry.
Mr. Reall first entered the can machinery industry in 1983 as an engineer with National Standard Company’s Wagner Litho Division in the three-piece can business. In 1988 he left to join Sequa Can Machinery where he served in various senior management positions in engineering, manufacturing, sales and marketing. In 1998 Mr. Reall was named President and General Manager of Sequa Can Machinery and was subsequently promoted to Corporate Vice President and company officer of the Sequa Corporation. Additionally, he served as a director of subsidiary corporations in both the United Kingdom and Brazil.
Following the 2004 merger of Sequa Can Machinery and Stolle Machinery Company, LLC, Reall assumed the position of President of the Stolle Machinery Company’s CMD Division.
A graduate of both Union College in Schenectady, NY and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, Mr. Reall holds a BSME and an MBA. He is also on the Advisory Board for the Brewing Operations and Supply Chain Education Program at Colorado State University.
Greg Butcher is the Chief Operating Officer of Colorado based Stolle Machinery Co., LLC, a global leader in the provision of high technology capital equipment and services to the beverage, food, and container industries.
Mr. Butcher began his career in 1980 at Diamond Shamrock Chemicals in Houston, Texas where he worked as a project manager and sourcing leader for plant expansions. In 1983, Butcher accepted a position with Schlumberger Wells Services Company, also located in Houston. After a series of promotions in manufacturing, Butcher became the Materials Manager of the Perforating Division, which specialized in the robotic manufacturing of shape charge explosives used for oil well fracturing. He completed his five years with Schlumberger as the lead manufacturing manager for nuclear down-hole tooling.
In 1987, Mr. Butcher accepted a manufacturing position at Monarch Machine Tool, a company that produced CNC lathes, vertical mills, and vertical turning lathes, where he worked in a series of production management positions in operations and manufacturing. While at Monarch, he was on the ISO standardization committee for the American Machine Tool council (AMT).
In 1994, Mr. Butcher accepted a position as General Manager of Stolle Machinery, then a division of Alcoa, heading up their engineering and manufacturing functions in Sidney, Ohio facility, where the primary product builds are conversion press and compound liners. During that time he was awarded a number of patents related to easy open end conversion equipment technology. In 1999, Mr. Butcher was named president of Stolle Machinery, and after Stolle acquired Sequa Can Machinery in 2004, he became one of Stolle’s two divisional presidents.
Mr. Butcher has a Bachelor of Science in Business from Bowling Green State University, a M.B.A. from the University of Houston, and a degree in mechanical engineering from Rhodes College. He is on the manufacturing council of the Manufacturing Alliance (MAPI).
