In March, 2017 Jugal K. Vijayvargiya was appointed president and chief executive officer of Materion Corporation, replacing Richard J. Hipple, who had served in that position for 11 years.
In March 2017, Jugal K. Vijayvargiya was appointed as the head and CEO of Materion Corporation, succeeding Richard J. Hipple, who had been in charge for eleven years.