ROLL-KRAFT
EXPANDS
ENGINEERING
GROUP
Roll-Kraft adds three tooling
engineers to its team
Roll-Kraft, an internationally known supplier of
roll tooling to tube and pipe and roll forming
manufacturers, is pleased to announce the
addition of engineers in the following areas of
expertise:
Cleveland State,
he became a
Graduate Teaching
Assistant, tutoring
other engineering
students. He has
participated in
many academic
projects, including
Gantt chart
implementation under Six Sigma. Lomte has many
honors, which include membership in Tau Beta Pi,
the national engineering honor society; the Dean’s
List; and he is a member of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineering.
Steve Leposa (top left) will be focused on
designing tooling for both the roll forming and
tube and pipe divisions of Roll-Kraft. His previous
experience includes electro/mechanical design
at Spang Power Electronics and mechanical
engineering at The Cleveland Punch and Die
Company, where he was influential in their move
to a lean manufacturing environment. He holds
a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of Akron.
The additions to the engineering team will
enhance Roll-Kraft’s ability to deliver tooling to
its customers that performs the first time, outof-the-box. In 2015, 96.7% of Roll-Kraft’s tooling
deliveries met this standard. The company’s latest
tube and pipe and roll forming tooling first-time
performance stats are available anytime on the
Roll-Kraft website.
Abishek Samuel (top right) comes to Roll-Kraft
from General Electric, where he was a mechanical
engineer, and prior to that was at Polaris Financial
Technology in Chennai, India. His academic
history includes many design and analysis projects.
He has a Bachelor of Engineering degree from
Sathyabama University in India, as well as an
M.S. Mechanical Engineering degree from the
University of Southern California (USC). He was
awarded Certificates of Merit by Sathyabama
University for being at the top of his class during
the years of 2007-2011. He will design tube and
pipe tooling at Roll-Kraft.
Roll-Kraft has its headquarters in Mentor, Ohio, and
maintains other facilities in Frankfort, Illinois (RollKraft Northern), Houston, Texas (Roll-Kraft Texas),
and Ontario, Canada (Roll-Kraft Ltd.). Calls to the
company’s main line, (888) 953-9400 or (440) 2053100, are greeted by a live operator who can assist
callers in quickly reaching a technician, engineer, or
sales staff, who can provide immediate assistance.
The company’s fax number is (440) 205-3110.
Chaitanya Lomte (bottom right) joins RollKraft and will concentrate on roll form tooling as
a mechanical engineer. Previously, he held the
position of Design Engineer at GE Lighting and
interned in mechanical engineering at Provest
Engineering in India. He holds a Master of Science
degree in Mechanical Engineering, as well as a
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from
Finn College of Engineering at Cleveland State
University in Cleveland, OH. During his time at
TN MAY 2016
Learn more about Roll-Kraft’s products and
services by visiting the website at roll-kraft.com.
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will respond.
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