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O'Neal Mfg. Services names president

O’Neal Mfg. Services (OMS), a Birmingham, Ala., firm that offers outsourced manufacturing of fabricated metal components and welded subassemblies, has hired Larry Whitehead as president. He has extensive experience leading several large steel-related fabricating and manufacturing businesses over a period of 40 years, most recently serving as CEO of Manchester Tank.

Whitehead, a graduate of Jacksonville State University, succeeds Steve McCracken, who will retire after a 35-year career at the end of 2016. For the remainder of the year McCracken, who has been named vice president of O’Neal Industries (ONI), parent company of OMS, will assist with this transition and work on projects for the leadership team at ONI. McCracken has served as president of OMS since 2011.