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CNC WEST August/September 2018 www.CNC-West.com 117 open, productive relationships with customers. The company has attracted a highly experienced team and works with a wide variety of manufacturers. Protek has served Nevada and Southern California for over twenty years. The company maintains an in-house team of service engineers who provide excellent service to its customers. Methods Machine Tools Key Management Appoint- ments Methods Machine Tools, Inc. has announced two key management appointments. Company president Jerry Rex has been named president Pacific Swiss & Manufacturing, Inc. Multi-Axis CNC Swiss Turning CNC Swiss Micro Machining CNC Swiss Minature Machining CNC Swiss Turning CNC Swiss Micro Machining Shown above: Micro machined parts with table salt Pacific Swiss & Mfg., Inc. 503-557-9407 15423 S.E. Piazza Ave., Clackamas, OR 97015 sales@pacificswissmfg.com * www.pacificswiss.net Part Sizes .005” Dia. To 1-1/4” Diam with 7 Axis of Machining Capability Industry News and chief executive officer, and Dale Hedberg has been promoted to vice president of operations. Methods’ Board of Directors re- cently ap- p o i n t e d Mr. Rex as president & CEO of the com- pany, af- ter having served as president over the past year. “Methods is pleased to appoint Jerry as president & CEO. With his strong skill set, machine tool industry knowledge and energetic management approach, we are looking forward to moving the company ahead through his continued leadership,” said Scott McIver, Methods chairman and 3rd generation owner. Spanning 40 years, Mr. Rex’s man- ufacturing career be- gan with a machinist position at GE Loco- motive and he steadily rose from roles in engineering and applications to production and sales management, and executive positions at manufactur- ers and machine tool organizations. Before joining Methods, he served as executive vice president of Concept Machine Tools. Prior to that, Rex was