Hardinge Inc., a leading international provider of advanced metalcutting solutions, recently introduced Meghan Tranchina as the company's new West Coast Regional Sales Manager for the Turning & Milling Group. Tranchina began her career with HS&S Machine Tools and Metrology, and most recently held the position of sales engineer covering Northern California and Nevada for Methods Machine Tools.

Tranchina will report to Brooke Sykes, director of sales & service Turning/Milling Group. Her territory will include northern California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and western Canada.

Said Sykes: "We are very pleased to have Meghan directing our sales efforts on the West Coast. Her years of sales experience as well as her technical knowledge will help us to be successful in this very important market. We believe in our distributors and feel that this addition to our regional sales team will help to continue the support of our distributors and customers. "