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| | Burr named chief at Pride/Softspikes |
 | | Burr will also lead the company's continued wood turnings operation, Pride Manufacturing Company, which manufactures more than 5,000 custom hardwood turning products for the piano, furniture, hardware, household, toy and craft and hobby industries. |
 | | Burr replaces 22-year Pride veteran Randy Ellis, who became Pride's president in 1996 and was the-fourth generation of the Pride family to run the business. |
 | | Burr, who has spent the past 11 years with Pride, most recently as Vice President of Sales and Marketing, will oversee an entity that employs nearly 600 people at seven facilities throughout the United States and England. |
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