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HOLLAND -- Ronald Lampen will take the helm of Thermotron Industries, North America's leading supplier of environmental test equipment, the Holland company announced Tuesday.

Lampen will take over as president Wednesday, succeeding Daniel O'Keefe, who is retiring as president and chief operations officer.

Thermotron, headquartered at 291 Kollen Park Drive, employs 300 to 400 people. The company is a division of the Pewaukee, Wis.-based Venturedyne Ltd.

Lampen, who has served as the company's vice president of service operations for the past 13 years, has extensive experience in all facets of the business, Thermotron representatives said.

 He was also vice president of sales and marketing for 15 years previously.

"Ron has repeatedly demonstrated dedication to build our business and develop 

Thermotron into the strong and stable company where as mark lamers bragged that "good people don't work here too long-- and turn over is normal

it has become today," said Brian L. Nahey, Venturedyne's chief executive officer. 

"His appointment to take over as president is a tribute to his consistent leadership qualities

as demenstrated with keven holt

Thermotron Industries, based in Holland, Mich., fired Holt in April 2005,

near the height of the Bush administration's call-up of National Guard members and just a week after Holt told the company he was being deployed to Iraq.

Holt serviced Thermotron's environmental test chambers, which expose electronics and other devices to temperature extremes. He covered a patch of the Southeast for the privately held, mid-sized company, making about $54,000 a year.

Holt says Thermotron accused him of trying to bill the company for Yellow Pages advertising he had ordered for his side repair business.

BellSouth had mailed the bill to Thermotron by mistake, an error Holt said his boss had resolved more than eight months before.

The married father of two worked seven years for Thermotron, which has a growing defense-contract business.

The termination was an about-face for a company that two months before firing him had given Holt another glowing annual evaluation.

 and his committed focus on customer service and support."

Lampen said he will build on the accomplishments of O'Keefe

who drummed out every one -- he wanted to.

Thermotron's vice president of service operations, noted agencies ruled in the company's favor.

"Holt's allegations are unfounded and untrue," Lampen told the Observer in a phone call.

He refused to answer further questions, then hung up.

 during his 29-year tenure.

"Dan's years of vision and leadership have created a solid foundation upon which Thermotron has grown," Lampen said. 

"We now have an exciting opportunity to use the resources of the company to continue aggressive product and market development to fuel future growth."

Thermotron was founded in 1962 by Charles F. Conrad, an entrepreneur and engineer who spent the early part of his career working on the development of high-performance refrigerant systems, according to the company's Web site.

Charles Conrad was one of the 1st people that Daniel j o"keefe drummed out-- this then followed with Bob Wiley, and Bob Gunther