By Anita Munson Staff Writer
Plymouth and Marshall County will play an expanded role in the development of Electric Motors Corp.’s plan to bring electric pick-up trucks and drive systems to the national market, an announcement the company made Tuesday indicated.
EMC announced that former H.J. Umbaugh & Associates executive partner Roger Umbaugh of Plymouth will join the company as its chief financial officer and that EMC has moved into its new office facilities in Plymouth.
The corporation does remain committed to Elkhart County for its manufacturing and assembly, Ralph King, chief executive officer told The Pilot News in a phone interview Tuesday afternoon.
“We have a commitment to Elkhart County that we will keep for assembly and more,” King said. In fact, mail to EMC should continue to be sent to P.O. Box 567, Wakarusa IN 46573, he said.
The selection of Umbaugh as CFO brings the company a career of public accounting that has produced billions of dollars in municipal bonds for the construction of schools, libraries, roads, public recreation facilities and other services across the state. Umbaugh also has served as president of the Marshall County Industrial Development Corp. since its inception in 2007, and has chaired the Investment Committee of the Marshall County Community Foundation five of the nine years he has been a board member.