Terry Huber, President and Chief Operating Officer of BETCO Inc., Statesville, N.C., retired at the end of May.
Huber, a native of New Athens, Ill., has spent a lifetime in the metal building business. But it was his move to North Carolina with McGraw- Edison in 1981 that changed his life significantly. While opening a circuit protection devices plant for McGraw-Edison in Goldsboro, which manufactured fuses and circuit breakers, Huber met his future wife.
Later, in 1984, when Huber moved to Tharrington Industries, (now Precision Steel Works), located in Rocky Mount, he began purchasing agricultural ventilation fans from Buddy Whitney at Aerovent. His professional connection with Whitney eventually led to an introduction to Sam Sabri, who was looking for a supplier of metal fabrication products.
In the mid-1980s, Sabri and Whitney formed BETCO and Huber’s ongoing relationship with the two partners eventually led to his joining the company in 1995 as Vice-President of Manufacturing.
From there, in 16 years with the company, Huber has moved on to become president of BETCO, and later President and Chief Operating Officer. After retirement, Huber and his wife plan to move permanently to their vacation home in Little River, S.C.