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Eric Sonnenberg becomes AFCO service manager
Eric Sonnenberg .
AIDA-America , a metal stamping press manufacturer in Dayton , OH ( USA ) recently hired several new employees .
Dawn Reed was recently hired as accounts payable / payroll specialist . She has over 15 years ’ experience managing payroll and accounts payable , in addition to extensive involvement in human resources . In Dawn ’ s new role , she will process payroll ; maintain payroll records ; prepare reports ; obtain set-up information for new vendors ; process invoices ; generate payables checks ; field daily vendor inquiries and maintain customer ERP system records .
Krista Matsumoto was recently hired as sales administrator . She has over 20 years
Automatic Feed Company ( AFCO ) has promoted Eric Sonnenberg to the position of service manager , responsible for overseeing and coordinating the service department activities and sales of replacement and spare parts .
“ The service department plays a critical role in our company ,” said President , Nathan Weaks . “ This team contributes significantly to developing and maintaining client relationships , as well as to our revenue . We know that Eric will do a great job in leading this department .”
Before this appointment , Sonnenberg had been the project management coordinator . His original tenure with Automatic Feed began in 1997 . During
Harris assumes helm at ITI
Michael Harris , a long-time staffer at the in 1997 , began teaching full time . By 2000 , International Training Institute ( ITI ), has taken Harris took over as director of training for the the reins as its administrator . The ITI ’ s mission statewide training trust . is to develop , maintain and distribute training In 2005 , Harris joined the ITI staff as a resources for union workers in the sheet welding assessor and , in 2009 , he took on the metal ; heating , ventilation and air conditioning role of programme administrator , overseeing ( HVAC ); industrial / welding ; architectural and programming and instructor training and building service industry throughout the United managing field staff . After the retirement of States and Canada .
James Page in 2020 , Harris assumed many of
A second-generation sheet metal worker , the responsibilities of ITI administrator in an Harris got his first taste of the industry at age acting capacity , assisting funds administrator 16 when he spent the summer working in a Daniel McCallum in running the day-to-day sheet metal shop . Initially opting for college , operations of the organisation . Harris is now ITI Harris later changed course and worked in a administrator . custom fabrication shop alongside his father Harris hopes to continue to build on ITI ’ s before joining the International Association success , adding new instructional offerings and of Sheet Metal , Air , Rail and Transportation developing programmes for the sheet metal ( SMART ) workers Local 20 ’ s apprenticeship workers of tomorrow . n programme in 1991 . During the fourth year of his apprenticeship , Harris began teaching www . sheetmetal-iti . org part time at the Local 20 training centre and ,
AIDA-America hires new employees
Above ( L-R ): Dawn Reed , Krista Matsumoto of experience working in a multinational office setting , in addition to expertise in sales and translations . Krista will provide administrative support to the AIDA sales group , including preparing customer proposals ; fielding inquiries from field sales personnel ; coordinating with project managers regarding cost estimating and maintaining documents in a CRM system .
AIDA is a global specialist in the design , manufacture , sale , service and support , refurbishment and modernisation of metal stamping presses and metalforming automation equipment . n
www . aida-global . com his time with AFCO , he has worked as a mechanical design engineer , a service department engineer and a project manager . He has also been instrumental in several successful AFCO equipment installations .
Sonnenberg has an associate degree in Mechanical Design / Drafting from Owens Community College ( Toledo ) and continued his education at The University of Toledo and Northwest State Community College , an AFCO partner in the Northwest Ohio Learning Centre for Manufacturing Sciences .
The Automatic Feed Field Service team collectively has over 200 years of experience with additional support provided by its electrical and mechanical engineers . n
Marina Bill becomes IFR Vice President
Marina Bill .
Marina Bill has been appointed as new Vice President of the International Federation of Robotics ( IFR ) with immediate effect . She represents IFR along with IFR President , Milton Guerry .
The IFR Executive Board elected Marina Bill as IFR Vice President following Klaus Koenig ’ s resignation from his IFR positions . Marina Bill is Global Head of Marketing and Sales Robotics , ABB , as well as a member of the IFR Executive Board and current Chair of the Robot Suppliers ’ Committee .
“ There hasn ’ t been a more exciting time to be in our industry than right now ,” stated Marina Bill after her election . “ We are in a period of unprecedented transformation , for robotic automation itself and in the rapid acceleration and adaptation of its use across a wide range of industry sectors . I ’ m looking forward to helping steer that transformation , through the IFR .” n
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