AMT Elects '08 -'09 Officers

AMT - The Associat ion For Manufa cturing Technology elected its 2008-2009 officers and directors at its 2008 Annual Meeting in Austin, TX. The Board of Directors of the association, which represents more than 400 American manufacturers of machine tools, manufacturing machinery and related products, elected Ronald F. Schildge, president, Eitel Presses Inc., Orwigsburg, PA, as chairman. He replaces Doug Currie, president & CEO, Erie Press Systems, Erie, PA. Currie will now serve the association as an ex-officio member of its Board of Directors.

The Board re-elected Daniel D. Janka, president, MAG Industrial Automation Systems, Americas Group, Hebron, KY, to serve as first vice chairman.

Eugene R. Haffely, Jr., chief operating officer, Assembly & Test Worldwide Inc., Dayton, OH, will serve the association as second vice chairman and treasurer during the coming year.

Kim W. Beck, president & CEO, Automatic Feed Co., Napoleon, OH, will continue to serve as secretary.

Newly elected to three-year terms as members of the association's Board of Directors are Charles N. Clark, Sr., division president, Dukane Corp. St. Charles, IL; Krestine Corbin, chairman, president & CEO, Sierra Machinery Inc., Sparks, NV; Timothy B. Dining, president & CEO, Greenerd Press and Machine Co. Inc., Nashua, NH; and Richard A. Shore, Sr., president and owner, Automation & Modular Components Inc., Davisburg, MI. Re-elected to a three-year term as a member of the board of directors are Kim W. Beck and Daniel D. Janka. Previously, Timothy B. Dining, was appointed to fill an unexpired three-month term on the board of directors. amtonline.org