Ceratizit USA has named Eric Gerringer as the company’s new technical director. Gerringer brings over 25 years of leadership development and applications experience to the role with his expertise in strategic leadership, business development and technical engineering.
Innovation and development are fundamental to our success in the cutting tool industry,” says Dan Cope, president of the Americas for Ceratizit. “Adding Eric to the Ceratizit team increases our capacity to push the limits of precision and performance for our customers with tools that sustainably boost productivity across a wide variety of industries.”
Gerringer has a strong background in leadership development, training facilitation and manufacturing market forecasting. In addition, throughout his career, Gerringer has remained active on the shop floor. His hands-on machining, CAD/CAM, design and production management proficiencies translate into efficiently identifying cutting tool solutions for customers.
“I am focused on working with people to solve their metal cutting problems,” says Gerringer. “Whether I am helping customers understand why a different tool will improve their process or how a new technology can improve their bottom line, the pay-off comes once the machine is successfully running the tools and our customers see the results.”