Victaulic announced the appointment of Rick Bucher as CEO, succeeding John F. Malloy, effective Jan. 31, 2021. Bucher was named president of Victaulic in April of 2020, following a June 2019 appointment as COO.
Prior to joining Victaulic in 2009 as vice president of engineering, Bucher worked for 15 years for W.L. Gore, a manufacturer of technologically advanced composite materials. Bucher received a bachelor's and master's in engineering from Rice University, and a Ph.D. in material science from Virginia Tech.