News from the August 2024 issue

BIG DAISHOWA announced multiple recent appointments. Edgar Argueta joins the company as sales manager, Southwest District, covering Southern California, Baja Peninsula, and Southeast Nevada. Glen James was appointed as sales engineer, Southwest District, covering Arizona and New Mexico. Tom Burley was appointed as sales engineer, Rocky Mountain District, covering Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. https://www.us.bigdaishowa.com

Lyndex-Nikken expanded its sales team to better serve its U.S. and Canadian machine tool accessory customers. Chris Dones was appointed regional sales manager for Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and eastern Canada. Dana Smith was appointed regional sales representative for Ohio at Lyndex-Nikken.

Haimer USA appointed Manuel Merkt as chief operating officer (COO) and vice president of marketing. Merkt previously headed Zund America’s U.S. operations. https://haimer.com/us

CAM software company Mastercam appointed Nicolas Le Moigne chief revenue officer. He brings 24 years of CAD/CAM industry experience, including VP of sales at Mastercam. Le Moigne will now lead sales, marketing, customer success, and commercial strategy teams. https://www.mastercam.com

Methods Machine Tools appointed David Chesnutt as senior vice president of sales. Chesnutt previously served as the general manager of Methods’ southeast territory. James Van Buskirk was appointed as vice president of engineering and development. With more than 15 years of experience at the company, Buskirk will lead Methods’ production and custom, turnkey automation teams.