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NTK Appoints MC Sales
& Marketing in Western
U.S.A. Territory Update
NTK Cutting Tools announced that beginning on May 1st, M.C. Sales expanded their NTK representative responsibilities to California and Nevada.
The team has been servicing the cutting tool industry for almost 20 years with the goal of providing exceptional service in a fast-paced environment. NTK and MC Sales is looking forward to continuing the great relationships with our current customers while making inroads in the manufacturing industry throughout the western United States. The team is dedicated to delivering the knowledge and technical support to ensure manu- facturing success using the highest quality tooling solutions.
BIG DAISHOWA’s Michael
Herman Promoted to Vice
President Sales
BIG DAISHOWA Inc. announces Michael Herman has been promoted to vice president sales. In this role Her- man oversees the BIG DAISHOWA sales team and supports the company’s distribution network and machine tool builders throughout North America.
“Mike’s dedication and extensive knowledge of the industry has been an invaluable asset in growing the company. The role of vice president
sales is an expansion of the work Mike has already accomplished,” says BIG DAISHOWA president/COO, Jack Burley.
“In this role, I look forward to continue supporting manufac- turing and sharing my knowl- edge to help com- panies not only
reach, but surpass their productivity goals,” says Herman.
Herman brings 40 years of experi- ence to this role, including 10 years at BIG DAISHOWA Inc. (formerly BIG KAISER Precision Tooling Inc.). Dur- ing his tenure at the company, Mike has continued to build and develop relationships with the sales team, dis- tribution and business partners, with a personal commitment of promoting a higher performance guarantee.
Fives Giddings & Lewis
Names General Manager
Fives Giddings & Lewis has named Helene Nimmer general manager.
Nimmer returns to Fives Giddings & Lewis
follow-
ing more
than five
years as
vice presi-
dent of
sales and
marketing
working in
the aluminum extrusion industry. Prior to this position, she worked at Fives Giddings & Lewis in many roles from 1997 to 2016, including two years in
Essen, Germany, for ThyssenKrupp Technologies AG as a liaison to G&L and a participant in its Management Training Program.
In the General Manager role, Nim- mer will apply her industry knowledge and lead the team to accomplish its goals and objectives for the business in areas such as engineering, supply chain, planning, sales, project manage- ment and others.
Gosiger Named Exclu- sive U. S. Distributor for Jingdiao High-Speed and Graphite Machining Cen- ters
Jingdiao high speed, precision machining centers are now exclusively available from and supported by eight nationwide facilities including two in the western region of Dayton, Ohio based distributor, Gosiger Inc.
With more than 100,000 machines in service worldwide, Jingdiao is a major supplier of 3- and 5-axis high precision machining centers focused on small, complex components. Time and labor-saving features include inte- grated online measurement and intel- ligent modification technology coupled with SurfMill CAD/CAM software to eliminate interruption of the machin- ing process for offline parts inspection. To ensure clean, precise production of graphite electrodes and glass molds, Jingdiao graphite machining centers have a unique dust-proof, positive air pressure design.
Gosiger will provide installation, training, maintenance, replacement parts and technical support for Jingdiao machines, as it does for all products it represents.
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