News from the July 2024 issue

APPOINTMENT, PROMOTIONS, NEW HIRES

CERATIZIT, Part of the Plansee Group, promoted Dan Cope to president of the Americas for CERATIZIT Group. He joined the company in 2019 as executive vice president of Cutting Tools, CERATIZIT USA. His new responsibilities include additional business units within the Americas including Hard Materials Solutions, Round Tool Blanks, Preforms, and Private Label. In addition to broadening his business sector responsibilities, Cope’s geographic purview has expanded. While continuing his stewardship in the U.S. market, he’s now charged with driving positive results in Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. https://www.ceratizit.com

New personnel appointments at Okuma America Corp. support the company’s strategic growth initiatives in the Americas.

Timothy (Tim) Thiessen was promoted to Sr. VP of sales & marketing. He’ll continue to lead the Okuma America sales, product management, marketing, and corporate accounts teams and partnerships with Okuma distributors throughout the Americas region.

Summer Cline was appointed to Sr. VP of finance where she’ll continue to be responsible for the company’s finances and lead the accounting, human resources, and information technology teams.

Simon Schneider joined Okuma America Corp. in March 2024 as director of Okuma Factory Automation. He’ll be responsible for leading Okuma America’s Factory Automation Division as the group develops and expands a comprehensive line of CNC automation solutions to be used with Okuma machine tools.

Mike Hampton was appointed field service senior manager and will lead the Field Service group as they continue to provide comprehensive service to Okuma users in the Americas. https://www.okuma.com

Brent Broderick has been hired as REGO-FIX’s national sales manager. In addition to managing sales team members, Broderick will provide the team ongoing technical education and guidance, ensuring customers receive the best possible service and support from REGO-FIX. https://regousa.com

Stratasys Ltd. appointed Amir Kleiner as COO. The 12-year Stratasys veteran will lead the company’s Global Operations, MIS, and Quality team, while continuing to manage the Customer Success team. Kleiner has served in numerous leadership positions during his Stratasys career. Previously, he served as VP of Global Operations, and for the past three and a half years as the global VP of Customer Success, where he led improvements in customer experience and oversaw an increase in revenues from services to all-time highs. https://www.stratasys.com

Stäubli named Christopher Clark as robotics director for North America. Clark joins Stäubli with more than 20 years’ experience in robotics and automation from several industry systems integrators and OEMs, most recently from Chicago Electric Sales. In his new role, Clark will continue to provide sales, service, and support for the full range of Stäubli customers in North America. https://www.staubli.com

Mack Molding appointed Josh Pang to Northern Division president. Pang will succeed Mack Molding President Jeff Somple when he retires later this year. As president of Mack Molding’s Northern Division, Pang will be responsible for the company’s four Vermont facilities, as well as Mack Prototype, a prototyping and low-volume manufacturing facility in Massachusetts, and Synectic Product Development, an engineering services group in Connecticut. https://www.mack.com

Noah Goellner, the eldest son in the third generation of the Goellner family business, takes on the role of president at Advanced Machine & Engineering (AME). Noah will be supported by Dietmar Goellner, chairman and CEO, as well as Steve Schubert, COO. Alongside his new role, Noah will continue to fulfill his role as president of Hennig Inc. https://www.ame.com