Bill White has stepped down as president of William F. White International, ending 35 years at the top of the country’s largest equipment supplier. The reins of the company have been passed to Larry Sacchetti, who will continue as EVP and COO, and chairman/CEO Paul Bronfman.

‘Bill and the Whites team have helped establish WFW as one of the world’s leading providers of production equipment,’ said Bronfman in a statement. ‘His reputation and honesty have made him one of the most well-respected individuals in our industry.’

White will stay on as a consultant for the company that he took over while still a teenager in 1971 – after the death of his father and company founder William F. White.