New Board of Directors and Officers Elected

AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology elected its 2011-2012 officers and directors on Saturday, March 5, at its 2011 Annual Meeting in Chandler, AZ.

The Board of Directors of the association, which represents more than 400 American manufacturers of machine tools, manufacturing machinery, and related products, elected Eugene R. Haffely Jr., General Manager, Dayton Facility at ATW Automation, Dayton, OH, as chairman. He follows Daniel D. Janka, president, MAG Global, Hebron, KY. Janka will now serve the association as an Ex-Officio member of its Board of Directors, along with Ronald F. Schildge, president, Eitel Presses Inc., Orwigsburg, PA. 

The Board elected Timothy B. Dining, president & CEO, Greenerd Press & Machine Company Inc., Nashua, NH, to serve as first vice chairman in the coming year. Also elected was R. Stephen Flynn, president, Optical Gaging Products Inc., Rochester, NY, to serve as second vice chairman & treasurer.

Kim W. Beck, president & CEO, Automatic Feed Co., Napoleon, OH, will continue to serve as secretary.
Newly elected to a three-year term as a member of the association’s Board of Directors are Larry G. Schwartz, president & COO, Okuma America Corp., Charlotte, NC, and Richard L. Simons, president & CEO, Hardinge Inc., Elmira, NY. Both Flynn and Michael Powell, president, Master WorkHolding Inc., Morganton, NC, will be returning for a 3-year term.

“It is exciting to be assuming the role of AMT Chairman in this critical time of economic recovery for manufacturers,” Haffely says. “As we are seeing significant portions of AMT’s Manufacturing Mandate being adopted and implemented by government and the private sector, we expect to see the support generated for manufacturing in the U.S. increase. This, coupled with the introduction of new business intelligence tools for the manufacturing technology industry, will make the coming year productive and inspiring.”

2011-2012 Officers and Directors AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology

• Chairman: Eugene R. Haffely Jr. PE, General Manager, Dayton Facility at ATW Automation, A Division of ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Dayton, OH
• First Vice Chairman: Timothy B. Dining, President & CEO, Greenerd Press and Machine Co. Inc., Nashua, NH
• Second Vice Chairman & Treasurer: R. Stephen Flynn, President, Optical Gaging Products Inc., Rochester, NY
• Secretary: Kim W. Beck, President & CEO, Automatic Feed Co., Napoleon, OH

Directors:

• Charles N. Clark Sr., Division President, Dukane Corp. – I. A. S. Division, St. Charles, IL
• Krestine Corbin, Chairman, President & CEO, Sierra Machinery Inc., Sparks, NV
• Brian J. Papke, President, Mazak Corporation, Florence, KY
• Michael Powell, President, Master WorkHolding Products, Morganton, NC
• Carl Reed, President & CEO, Abbott Workholding Products, Manhattan, KS
• Larry G. Schwartz, President & COO, Okuma America Corp., Charlotte, NC
• Richard L. Simons, President & CEO, Hardinge Inc., Elmira, NY

Ex-Officio:

• Daniel D. Janka, President, MAG Global, Erlanger,KY
• Ronald F. Schildge, President, Eitel Presses, Inc., Orwigsburg,PA