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60 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST April/May 2018 Industry News Remo SDK options. Three Hypermill system modules will improve communication between the CAM suite and the machine tools: the Center, Optimizer and Connected Machining modules. GF Machining Solutions Announces New Sales and Marketing Team Mem- bers GF Machining Solutions has appointed several new members to its sales and marketing team. Dante Payva, Sammy Shabib, Heather Natal and Jon Carlson all fill key roles that will enable the company to continue its focus on enhancing the sales, service and support for its milling, EDM and laser texturing solutions. Dante Payva is now product manager for the company’s portfolio of milling machines. He brings more than 18 years of experience in technical and manufacturing fields to his new position, including 17 as a technical service specialist and a technical support engineer with GF Ma- chining Solutions. Sammy Shabib has joined GF Machining Solutions as sales manager for the company’s milling products. Previ- ously, he was district sales manager for JTEKT Toyoda Americas Corporation where he managed the southern California distribution team. Shabib earned Associate of Science degrees in physics, mathematics and natural sciences from Cosumnes River College and Bachelor of Science degrees in mechanical and aerospace engineering from University of California Irvine. Heather Natal has also joined GF Machining Solutions as marketing manager. She has more than 15 years of marketing communications experience with global orga- nizations DSM Functional Materials and DMGAmerica. Jon Carlson, who previously served as GF Machining Solutions’marketing coordinator, has been named product manager for the company’s range of advanced manufactur- ing solutions. In his new position, he will be responsible for delivering on the growth objectives for additive manu- facturing, laser texturing and micro-machining products. Absolute Machine Tools Marks 30th Year as Machine Tool Importer and Distributor Absolute Machine Tools, Inc. is marking its 30th year as a machine tool importer and distributor in North America. The company sells and supports a com- prehensive selection of machine tools including Johnford INTERNAL GROOVING EXTERNAL GROOVING INTERNAL THREADING EXTERNAL THREADING INTERNAL FACE GROOVING EXTERNAL FACE GROOVING PROFILING BORING PARTING DOVETAIL FACE GROOVING SPECIAL TOOLING FORM TOOLING 888 - THINBIT • 888-THINFAX THINBIT.COM Made in the U.S.A. Since 1964 With over a million standard tools, we’ve got the “ings” covered. CNC2018.indd 1 12/6/2017 11:34:02 AM