Mitsui Seiki USA names director of sales west

Joseph Farkas has been named director of sales west at Mitsui Seiki USA, a manufacturer of high precision CNC machine tools. He brings 30-plus years of sales and business management experience in the manufacturing sector to the Mitsui Seiki organization.

“My goals are customer-driven,” said Farkas. “Mitsui Seiki has a long legacy of taking its already highly precise machine tool platforms and customizing each machine for the customer’s application. It’s both challenging and satisfying to determine and develop sophisticated and flexible manufacturing solutions that are tailor-made for the customer. The brilliance of this methodical approach is that the resulting equipment is designed to fit like a glove to the application, as well as to be the most economical and efficient solution over the life of the project’s program.”

In addition to focusing on expanding the customer base, Farkas will also bring his hands on leadership skills to the tasks of managing Mitsui Seiki’s North American sales team in the western region and developing strategic and data-based business plans and forecasting. 

Farkas’s most recent position before joining Mitsui Seiki was National Sales Manager – Workholding Solutions Group at Jergens, Inc. Other notable positions include North American Distribution Development Manager (Groeneveld-Beka Division) and National Sales Manager - Americas at The Timken Company; Sales Manager – Erie Division at Fuchs Lubricants Company; and Senior Sales Representative at Kennametal. 

His education credentials include a Master of Business Administration – Ashland University; Bachelor of Arts in Business Management – Malone University; and Associate of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering – Stark State College. Farkas served in the National Guard for 10 years in Dover, Ohio.