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N E W S In her new role, Codina is tasked with developing a comprehensive strategic communications plan that will drive activities to help the market area achieve its goals for sales and growth. She will be responsible for developing a strong communications network that will leverage the talent and resources in each of the Americas markets. “As a company, we have to make sure we continue to develop our business in a successful way and to have aggressive growth targets that we can support with an active marketing and communications plan,” says Codina. “I’m looking forward to starting my journey with Sandvik Coromant, supporting the brand and moving it forward.” Codina earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Barcelona in Spain and a master’s in marketing from the University of Pompeu Fabra in Spain. She began her career with Sandvik in 2003 and worked as product manager for Solvay Group. Palumbo Named Mechanical Engineering Manager Drake Manufacturing Services Co., a Warren, Ohio, precision machine tool builder, has recently promoted Jill Palumbo to mechanical engineering manager. Palumbo earned a BS in Chemical Engineering at Youngstown State University, and joined Drake in 1997 as a systems engineer. In this position she assisted in electrical systems design, CNC programming, machine runoffs, and customer training. In 2000, she was promoted to project engineer, managing machine assemblies from start to finish, and was involved with machine design, sourcing of materials, and customer machine runoffs. In her present position, Palumbo supervises the design of mechanical and electro-mechanical systems on Drake machines, and manages design and project engineering teams in the mechanical engineering department. Drake President Jim Vosmik affirms, “Jill’s thread grinding process expertise, knowledge of our customers’ production requirements, and her intellectual curiosity are real assets in this key position.” Dixon Joins Kapp Technologies Kapp Technologies of Boulder, Colorado recently welcomed Eric Dixon to its applications engineering department. Dixon graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2007 with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. After graduation he worked at Bison Gear and Engineering in St. Charles, Illinois as both product engineer and project engineer. While his primary work there was specifying and supporting fractional horsepower gear motor applications, he guided the procurement of a high precision bevel gear grinding machine as well. He also managed several projects geared towards the development of a new line of motor enclosures and gearboxes that would utilize bevel gear technology. Dixon is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt and earned the PMI Project Management Professional certification this year. He was born and raised in Woodridge, Illinois outside of Chicago. He currently lives in Denver with his fiancée, Stacy. In his spare time he enjoys snowboarding, hiking and playing golf. McClain Joins Schafer Gear Works Matthew McClain has joined Schafer Gear Works, Inc., as corporate controller in the company’s South Bend office. McClain will be taking over for Greg Parnin, who retired in June. Prior to joining Schafer Gear, McClain held various financial and business positions including controller at Affinia Group, Krizman International in Mishawaka, Indiana, and manager of IT controlling at Robert Bosch, LLC. McClain most recently was sourcing manager/global indirect procurement IT manager for Whirlpool Corporation in Benton Harbor, Michigan. McClain has a B.S. in accounting from the Indiana Institute of Technology. 78 GEARTECHNOLOGY August 2012 www.geartechnology.com
Polygon Solutions Joins SRMA Polygon Solutions Inc. is joining the Southwest Regional Manufacturers Association (SRMA). One purpose of the SRMA is to bring manufacturers together to encourage the economic development of Southwest Florida through manufacturing. Polygon’s growth in rotary broaching technology prompted the move. Polygon Solutions Inc. is a small Fort Myers, Florida manufacturer of industrial cutting tools. Polygon’s core business is focused on rotary broaching tools, which are used to make hexagon, square and other shaped holes in precision metal parts. Typical parts made using rotary broaching include bone screws, custom fasteners and small shafts with serrated or spline ends. This year, Polygon was the recipient of the prestigious Manufacturing Leadership 100 Award for Innovative Enterprise. The Manufacturing Leadership 100 Awards, now in their eighth year, honor manufacturing companies and individual manufacturing leaders that are shaping the future of global manufacturing. Polygon hopes to join other manufacturing leaders such as Arthrex and Structure Medical who are shaping the future of Southwest Florida. for transmission design & analysis “SRMA is pleased to accept Polygon Solutions, Inc. to our membership. They join an esteemed and inspired group of large and small manufacturers all interested in a better educated manufacturing-ready workforce, lobbying for more manufacturing support at the local, state and national levels and overall advocacy for manufacturers,” says Betsy Allen, executive director, SRMA. “SRMA is committed to helping manufacturers of all sizes realize value through the association with tangible returns of time saved, money saved and networking with like-minded individuals.” Matt Chambers, president, SRMA. > Cylindrical, bevel & hypoid gear design including planetary > Gear Macro & Micro Geometry Optimisation > Detailed shaft modelling > Durability analysis for gears, bearings, shafts & splines > Gear TE, root stress & contact patch calculations > Efficiency, power loss & NVH analysis > Import housing & shaft FE > Gear manufacturing design & simulation Automotive • Wind Turbine • Industrial • Marine • Aerospace www.smartmt.com info@smartmt.com Tel: +44 (0)115 941 9839 Chartwell House, 67-69 Hounds Gate, Nottingham, NG1 6BB, UK SMT Worldwide: China, Korea, Portugal, UK, USA www.geartechnology.com August 2012 GEARTECHNOLOGY 79
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