Joe Cowart has been named director of operations for Taylor Defense Products, a division of Taylor Machine Works.
“With the continued growth of Taylor Defense Products in the support of our armed forces, Cowart’s role will be a vital asset in the success of these new endeavors,” said Phil Sprio, director of Taylor Defense Products.
Cowart, a 2000 graduate of Mississippi State University, worked for Taylor Machine Works (TMW) after college until 2008. He returned to TMW as Manufacturing Engineer Group Leader in 2015. Cowart was promoted to a senior management position in 2016 as director of industrial engineering and quality.
The Taylor Group of Companies, which is an associate member of the Southern Forest Products Association, launched Taylor Defense Products in 2017 to supply the U.S. military, its allies, and the U.S. government with the longest-lasting, best-supported, lowest-total-cost material handling and logistics products.
Since then, Taylor Defense Products has continued to see significant growth.