---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-027305"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SYPR"
cik: "0000864240"
company_name: "SYPRIS SOLUTIONS INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:36:17.650020+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sypris Solutions appoints Eckert as VP/CAO and Davis as SVP/Treasurer effective Nov 1, 2024

## Summary
- Rebecca R. Eckert promoted to VP, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, effective Nov 1, 2024; will serve as principal financial and accounting officer.
- Richard L. Davis promoted to SVP, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, effective Nov 1, 2024; succeeds Anthony C. Allen.
- Anthony C. Allen will transition to VP and Assistant Treasurer, effective Nov 1, 2024.
- All appointments are internal; Eckert and Davis report to CEO Jeffrey T. Gill.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-027305
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SYPR
- cik: 0000864240
- company_name: SYPRIS SOLUTIONS INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/864240/000143774924027305/0001437749-24-027305-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/864240/000143774924027305/sypr20240819_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rebecca R. Eckert was appointed as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at SYPRIS SOLUTIONS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
  source text: On August 15, 2024, Sypris Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Rebecca R. Eckert, the Company’s current Controller, to the position of Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, effective as of November 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/864240/000143774924027305/0001437749-24-027305-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard L. Davis was appointed as Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary at SYPRIS SOLUTIONS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
  source text: On August 15, 2024, the Company appointed Richard L. Davis, the Company’s current Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary, to the position of Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, effective as of November 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/864240/000143774924027305/0001437749-24-027305-index.htm
- Executive change
  Anthony C. Allen changed role as Vice President and Assistant Treasurer at SYPRIS SOLUTIONS INC.
  - Action: will serve as
  - Role: Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
  source text: Mr. Davis will succeed Anthony C. Allen, the Company’s current Vice President and Treasurer, who will serve as Vice President and Assistant Treasurer of the Company, effective as of November 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/864240/000143774924027305/0001437749-24-027305-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.