People & Companies

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. announced that Vincent K. Petrella, executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, will be succeeded by current executive vice president, finance, Gabriel Bruno, effective April 22, 2020. Petrella will continue to serve as executive vice president to… Read More...

Jacob Schieffer has joined Beckhoff Automation LLC as central regional sales manager. Based at the subsidiary’s headquarters in Savage, Minneapolis, Schieffer will oversee sales development of new and longstanding customers throughout the Midwest, covering all key automation markets and centers of… Read More...

At Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. worldwide headquarters in Karlsruhe, Germany, a long-planned generational change has been implemented in its management with the naming of Markus Spanner as new CEO.

Idea Share is a team of designers who specialize in solid and brazed construction cutting tool designs manufactured from solid carbide, HSS, TCT, PCD and other tool materials.

Munich-based MVTec Software GmbH, a leading international provider of machine vision software, has filled two leading positions. In his capacity as the new technical product manager, Mario Bohnacker has been responsible for the technical enhancement of the standard machine vision software HALCON… Read More...

Romi has named Rafael Boldorini as general manager of Romi Machine Tools Ltd. (Romi USA), the Brazilian-based company’s U.S. operations in Erlanger, Kentucky. Boldorini has been with the company since 2004, and is now responsible for all operations, marketing, sales and customer support in the U.S… Read More...

Solar Manufacturing has built and shipped two furnaces to Tennessee, for service to the Medical and Additive Manufacturing industries. The models HFL-3848-EQ and HFL-3836-EQ both feature metallic-insulated hot zones, a load weight capacity up to 2,000 lbs., and a maximum operating temperature of 2,… Read More...

Starrag USA is very pleased to announce that Elena Schmidt-Schmiedebach has joined the team as the new marketing lead North America.

Orion, Michigan-based Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT), an independent automation engineering company supporting manufacturers, robot companies, systems integrators, line builders and users of robotic automation worldwide, announced the promotion of Rick Vanden Boom to vice president of… Read More...

Marposs, a world leader in measurement, inspection and test technologies, has announced the acquisition of STIL S.A.S., a French company based in Aix-en-Provence and a world leader in the research, development, production and sales of optical measurement instruments based on chromatic confocal… Read More...

Industrial internet of things (IIoT) specialist relayr has entered into a strategic partnership with trade association MAKE UK, champions of the U.K. manufacturing industry. The partnership will focus on how the implementation of IIoT pay-per-use models can transform the U.K. manufacturing industry… Read More...

MC Machinery Systems Inc. announces that Mark Kauffman has joined the team as a regional sales representative for Southern California, Nevada and New Mexico. Kauffman will utilize his industry expertise to increase product sales and customer satisfaction.