Manufacturing 2024: GREGORY H. TREPP

Trepp had served as president and CEO at Hamilton Beach Brands since 2017. In February, he became CEO alone, as R. Scott Tidey was appointed company president, part of the appliance manufacturer’s succession plan. Tidey previously was senior vice president of global sales at subsidiary Hamilton Beach Brands Inc.

Trepp joined Hamilton Beach in 1996 as director of marketing. He became its president and CEO and a board member when Nacco Industries spun it off in 2017. Before that, he was president and CEO of the Hamilton Beach Brands Canada and Hamilton Beach Brands Inc. subsidiaries and CEO of the Kitchen Collection subsidiary.

Hamilton Beach makes and distributes home appliances and commercial restaurant equipment in North America and Latin America and is expanding into the home health and medical markets.

In February, its Hamilton Beach Health subsidiary acquired HealthBeacon, which develops medical devices for patients with chronic conditions to manage injectable medications at home. The 50-employee company operates in North America, Europe and Australia.

Trepp is a graduate of the University of Richmond and the University of Connecticut’s MBA program. He serves on The Steward School’s board of trustees.