BLM Group USA has announced the appointment of two new regional sales managers to help develop sales of the company’s laser tube cutting systems, benders and machining equipment product lines.
Jon Tibbets has been named regional sales manager for the western regions of Michigan and Ohio. Tibbets has a strong background in capital equipment sales, having been a regional sales manager for Schuler Press and Automation, as well as selling pressroom equipment through his own company. Most recently, he worked for Padnos Recycling Co., Lansing, Michigan, selling the company’s machine shop services.
Tibbets lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Scott Osborne will be responsible for sales in the Northwest U.S. and Western Canada. He has over 21 years of experience in the fabrication and metalworking working industry. Prior to joining BLM Group, he was a Northwest Canada regional sales manager for Multicam CNC Cutting Solutions, Dallas.
Osborne lives in British Columbia.
Related Glossary Terms
- computer numerical control ( CNC)
computer numerical control ( CNC)
Microprocessor-based controller dedicated to a machine tool that permits the creation or modification of parts. Programmed numerical control activates the machine’s servos and spindle drives and controls the various machining operations. See DNC, direct numerical control; NC, numerical control.
- metalworking
metalworking
Any manufacturing process in which metal is processed or machined such that the workpiece is given a new shape. Broadly defined, the term includes processes such as design and layout, heat-treating, material handling and inspection.
