Hwacheon Machinery America, Lincolnshire, Ill., recently appointed two new sales directors: Bob Pellegrini for the Eastern half of the United States, and Dan Pierce for the Western half, according to a Jan. 26 company news release. The two, who were promoted from regional sales manager positions held at the company since 2012, will be in charge of sales and dealer support.

With a growing dealer base, Hwacheon made the assignments to help ensure dealer success in bringing Hwacheon machining center and turning center solutions to their markets, the company reported. Well-known in the industry, Pierce—the company's senior sales director—and Pellegrini bring decades of successful machine tool field sales and management experience to their new assignments.

"One of our main goals is to support Hwacheon's professional machine tool sales team and our growing dealer network, enabling them to deliver efficient solutions to shops in the general machining, mold and die, energy, medical and aerospace markets," said Robert Nedler, Hwacheon's managing director.