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served as vice president of federal and international affairs at Weyerhaeuser Co.
Use this Connectivity Guide to Help with Data Gathering
The MTConnect Institute has released “Getting Start- ed with MTConnect—Connec- tivity Guide,” providing a structured framework to guide companies through the assessment of connectivity issues associated with new and legacy manufacturing equipment. Says David McPhail, president and CEO of Memex Automation and co-chair of the MTConnect Shop Floor Connectivity Com- mittee: “By applying the tech- niques defined in the guide, essentially every piece of manufacturing equipment now can be integrated into a
manufacturing data system.” Download the document at www.mtconnect.org.
People
Industrial Magnetics, Inc., Boyne City, MI, promoted Den- nis O’Leary to general manag- er. O’Leary previously served the firm, a manufacturer of magnetic components and assemblies, as director of sales and marketing.
AMP Machinery Systems, Inc., Carol Stream, IL, added Ron Bochat to its sales team, to represent its current line of products— presses, coil-handling equipment, transfer systems, conveyors, etc.—and also expand its reach into rollforming and tube and pipe fabrication. Bochat will sell in Illinois and Iowa.
Conveyor manufacturer Dorner Mfg. Corp., Hartland, WI, appointed Carlyn Barge- mann west region sales man- ager. Working from Hunting- ton Beach, CA, she’ll work with the firm’s sales-channel partners and key accounts to grow its industrial- and sani- tary-conveyor business.
Hobart Brothers, Troy, OH, elected Jennifer Monnin to the board of directors of the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology. Monnin is gener- al manager of the company’s North American Tubular Wire Division.
MultiCam, Inc., Dallas, TX, named Tony McGrew direc- tor of engineering and techni- cal services. The firm manu- factures CNC laser, plasma, waterjet and other types of cutting machines.
Stolle Machinery, Centen-
nial, CO, named John Kassel chief technology officer. He’ll oversee all engineering activi- ties for the company, includ- ing new-product development, design for manufacturability and sustainability, and engi- neering change management. Stolle provides capital equip- ment and services to the bev- erage-, food- and consumer- container industries, including draw-redraw press lines.
Okuma America Corp., Charlotte, NC, promoted Lisa Rummel from vice president of finance to chief financial officer. Rummel became the company’s first female vice president when she was named vice president of finance in April 2007, and now becomes the first female officer within the glob- al corporation, founded in 1898 in Nagoya, Japan.
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