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Industry News
Emuge-Franken N.A.
Promotes Scott Lowe to
National Sales Manager
Emuge-Franken N.A has an- nounced the promotion of Mr. Scott Lowe to national sales manager for the U .S. and Canada. In his new position, Scott is responsible for leading the Emuge-Franken N.A. sales organiza- tion to further strengthen support for customers and distributor partners, as well as grow
market
share. Prior
to his pro- motion,
Scott was
the Emuge- Franken
N.A. nation-
al accounts
manager for
the U.S. and
Canada for approximately two years.
“I am excited to take on this new role at Emuge-Franken N.A. at a pivot- al time, when in addition to continuing to advance our core tapping and thread milling products, we are aggressively expanding our milling tool portfolio including the manufacture of end mills in the U.S.,” said Mr. Lowe. “By leading a strong, technically proficient sales team that works closely with end users and distributors, I look forward to continuing the legacy of Emuge- Franken’s excellent reputation.”
Prior to joining Emuge in 2019, Lowe worked over 13 years at Ken- nametal, a supplier of tooling and industrial materials, lastly as sales manager for nearly 6 years and before then as Sr. applications engineer. Prior to Kennametal, Lowe held a territory sales role for nearly five years at cut- ting tool manufacturer Guhring. In addition, early in his career Lowe completed the prestigious general
electric machinist apprentice program and was a machinist at General Electric for eleven years.
Jergens Partners With Clark Manufacturers Service For Northwestern
States Sales And Service
Jergens announces that Clark Man- ufacturers Service has signed on as a Manufacturers’ Representative for the Jergens Workholding Solutions Group in the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
The Clark Team, under the direction of Matt Clark, will collaborate with Jergens Distributor Channel Partners in these states to provide their customers with Jergens latest technology standard and custom workholding products.
The Clark Team joins Jergens with extensive product knowledge and a reputation for premier pre-and-post- sale customer service and support.
Walter Establishes Solid
Carbide Drill Manufactur-
ing Facility in the U.S.
Walter USA, LLC has announced that Walter will assume governance of the round tool production unit in Greer, SC through an intra-company transfer within the Sandvik Group to strengthen its manufacturing presence in the U.S.
Having a dedicated production facility in the U.S. will enable Walter to provide both better responsiveness to customer demand as well as improve supply chain security. The transfer is expected to be complete during Q2 2022.
The round tool manufacturing fa- cility in Greer, SC already produces Walter Titex brand solid carbide drills for Walter. Solid round tools are a sig- nificant part of the product portfolio
for Walter in North America, and the production capacity will be fully com- mitted to Walter’s production during 2022. Both standard and special Walter Titex solid carbide drill products will be manufactured at the location.
Starrag Hires Application
Engineer
Matthew West is a focused me- chanical engineer who has pursued a career in the aerospace manufacturing industry after completing his undergrad at the University of Dayton. He entered the industry
through a
technical
training
program
to leverage
manufactur-
ing technol-
ogies for the
production
of rotating
jet engine components. Later he served as a manufacturing engineer respon- sible for lathe CNC lights out program development for multi-axis machining centers to produce blisks and spools for new jet engine platforms.
While completing his masters in mechanical engineering, he transi- tioned to become an additive manu- facturing engineer, leveraging addi- tive and subtractive technologies to produce metal components made from exotic materials to sustain legacy mili- tary air craft.
Matthew has extensive experi- ence designing efficient and effective manufacturing processes by leveraging 5-axis machining centers, machine probing, macro programming, and CAD/CAM technology to produce jet engine and airframe components for the commercial and military aviation sectors
“My goal is to understand the needs of our customers and help them
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