Day & Zimmermann has appointed Jeremiah Jorgensen, a more than 30-year manufacturing and defense industry veteran, as president of its American Ordnance subsidiary. The company announced Jorgensen’s appointment in a LinkedIn post published Friday. The U.S. Army veteran said it has been an honor to join American Ordnance and Day & Zimme...
Robert Dyess, formerly a vice president at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has been appointed senior VP of business development for munitions and government at Day & Zimmermann, according to his LinkedIn post. Dyess will help drive growth and strategic partnerships to support the mission needs of D&Z’s U.S. defense and government custome...
Doug Magee is a U.S. Army veteran and seasoned business development executive currently leading Day & Zimmermann’s Government Services practice as president. He cut his teeth at companies like KBR, DynCorp International, Michael Baker International and, most recently prior to D&Z, as an operating company president at Akima. Magee commands ...
The U.S. Army awarded contracts worth $1.5 billion combined before the end of fiscal year 2023 to procure components and materials needed to increase the production of 155-millimeter ammunition. Through the contract awards to nine companies, the Army aims to maintain momentum to achieve its goal of producing 80,000 projectiles per month by the fourt...
A Day & Zimmermann subsidiary will produce and deliver modular artillery charge system equipment for 155-millimeter ammunition to the U.S. Army under a $966.7 million contract. Day & Zimmermann Lone Star will manufacture, assemble, inspect, package and deliver 155 mm MACS M231/M232-series combustible cartridge cases as part of the five-year ...
Day and Zimmermann has acquired Empire Products Inc., which makes propellant and charge bags for the defense sector, in a deal aimed at expanding D&Z’s munition product manufacturing operations. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed and D&Z said Wednesday EPI has been a key partner for the company’s supply chain. ...
The U.S. Army awarded three companies positions on a five-year, $132 million contract to manufacture full-range practice bullet cartridges. Day & Zimmermann, Nammo and Canadian Commercial Corp. are the awardees on the firm-fixed-price contract, the Department of Defense said Friday. Under the contract’s terms, the companies will compete fo...
Jeff Miller, former group chief financial officer and vice president of finance for government services at Day & Zimmermann, has started a new position as CFO of Ansible Government Solutions. He joins the service-disabled veteran-owned small business after a more-than-14-year career with engineering and construction firm D&Z. In a LinkedIn p...
James Merante, a certified public accountant with operations management experience at public and private companies, has been appointed senior vice president of finance, strategy and corporate development at Day and Zimmermann. D&Z said Friday the newly created role will require Merante to align corporate finance and strategy-related functional t...
Kathleen King, a 24-year Day & Zimmermann veteran, has assumed duties as senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer at the Philadelphia-based engineering and construction firm. She succeeds Joseph Ritzel, who officially retired Saturday after a 40-year career with the company and is helping facilitate a smooth transition as a p...
