Emuge Corp., West Boylston, Mass., recently named Dan Doiron its new milling products manager, which puts Doiron in charge of endmills, toolholders, technical and CAD/CAM program support for milling products, according to a recent company news release.

"I am pleased to welcome Dan to Emuge," said Emuge President Bob Hellinger. "He brings with him valuable experience in milling applications and 5-axis programming. This puts him in a unique position to help us as we expand our milling tool products and guide our customers on the challenges of modern milling."

Prior to joining Emuge, Doiron worked for 8 years at Micron, Fitchburg, Mass., a medical manufacturer, where he most recently held the position of lead programmer working with demanding materials in a variety of medical implant applications. Before that, Doiron spent 24 years at Doucette Tool & Die, Leominster, Mass., where he acquired years of experience in moldmaking and CNC machining.

"Emuge endmills were always my first choice in moldmaking and machining," noted Doiron. "I am thrilled to join Emuge and apply my industry expertise to the milling product lines."

Emuge Corp. is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMUGE-Werk Richard Glimpel GmbH & Co. KG, Lauf, Germany. The company manufactures an extensive line of taps, thread mills, drills, endmills, toolholders, clamping devices and other rotary cutting tools.