Heller Machine Tools LP, Troy, Mich., hired Stephen Pegram as vice president of sales for North America. He will be based at the Heller USA headquarters and manufacturing facility. He joins Heller Machine Tools after a long, successful career in the machine tool industry, which included management positions at Mazak, DMG and Hyundai Wia.
“My focus is to grow our special machine tool business, including our very profitable applications, into new market segments,” Pegram said. “Heller has always been a supplier of full production solutions, which we will continue into the future. Total client satisfaction is at the very top of our business plan. The Heller product range is of the very highest quality, and this includes several new products, including 5-axis horizontal machining centers. It is these new products and applications that will help provide future business growth both for Heller and our customers.”
Related Glossary Terms
- centers
centers
Cone-shaped pins that support a workpiece by one or two ends during machining. The centers fit into holes drilled in the workpiece ends. Centers that turn with the workpiece are called “live” centers; those that do not are called “dead” centers.
