Heatron: CEO of major area manufacturer will retire

The CEO of one of the area's largest manufacturers is stepping down after more than 35 years with the company. H.B. Turner will step down as CEO and president of Heatron Inc. effective Jan. 1. Turner has been president of the Leavenworth-based company since 2004 and directed the company's sale to NIBE Industrier AB of Sweden in March 2016. Heatron manufacturers custom heating elements, circuits and LED products at factories in Leavenworth and Erie, Pa. The company ranked No. 24 on the Kansas...