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Climax
Portable Machine Tools Recruit New Hires to Support Growing Global Services NEWBERG,
Oregon -- Climax Portable Machine Tools, Inc. a global leader in comprehensive,
onsite machining solutions for the power generation, shipbuilding, industrial
and engineering sectors, announced that Scott Simmons has joined the company as
the Vice President of Manufacturing and Brian Harris as Vice President of Sales.
Simmons is an expert in lean manufacturing and will assist Climax in
streamlining the workflows and shipment of their machine tools. Harris will
assist with worldwide sales management, new product development and promoting
Climax services to international customers and prospects. “Simmons’
extensive expertise in lean manufacturing will allow us to streamline our own
manufacturing and delivering processes so that we can provide customers with
innovative new machine tool solutions that will help them achieve revolutionary
efficiencies and remain competitive,” said Geoff Gilmore, CEO of Climax.
“Brian Harris’s experience in serving diverse markets will support
Climax’s strategic plan to significantly grow our business internationally.”
Simmons’ previous experience in manufacturing, quality and engineering
management with Columbia Machine and The Boeing Company have allowed Simmons to
hone his extensive skills in the area of lean practices, Demand Based
Manufacturing and Root Cause Analysis. He is currently the Director of the West
Regional Board of the Association of Manufacturing Excellence. Simmons also
served as a business consultant for the Oregon Manufacturing Extension
Partnership, a nonprofit organization helping Oregon manufacturers improve
business performance through workforce training, cultural awareness and change
management. Simmons received his Business Administration Degree from Warner
Pacific College, and a Master of Business Administration from George Fox
University. Harris
brings to his position more than 15 years of executive sales leadership and
management experience in international manufacturing firms including Stanley-Vidmar,
Domino Amjet, Invensys Building Systems, and Yuasa. He is passionately committed
to stimulating company growth and success and to bringing the necessary drive,
direction, discipline and focus to achieve this. Harris holds a Bachelor of Arts
in Political Science from California State University at Sacramento, and has
received continuing business training from University of New Hampshire, Whitmore
School of Business. Climax recently
announced plans to expand its facilities in Newberg, Oregon to fulfill customer
need for cost-effective machine solutions. At its worldwide headquarters in
Newberg last month, the company broke ground on an expanded facility that will
house assembly and rental equipment operations as well as double its training
capacity. In addition, Climax announced the official opening of its new European
headquarters facility in Germany where building and construction began last
year. About
Climax Portable Machine Tools Based
in Oregon, Climax Portable Machine Tools, Inc. is a strategic world-class
provider of comprehensive, on-site machining solutions. The company offers
specialized engineering consulting services, customized training programs and a
full line of portable machine tools enabling customers to efficiently perform
on-site machining for applications in the power generation, shipbuilding, and
service and engineering sectors. Climax Portable Machine Tools pioneered the
portable machine tools concept. As the world’s largest supplier of portable
machine tools, it offers standard and custom-built solutions and serves the
domestic and international markets through its own international offices and
licensed representatives in 36 countries. More information about the company is
available at www.cpmt.com
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