INDUSTRY FACES
PERSONALS Roberts Sinto Corporation, Lan-
sing, Mich., and SandMold Systems Inc., Newaygo, Mich., announced Dan- iel C. Hanson has been appointed the companies’ CFO eff ective May 11, 2015. Decatur Foundry Inc., Decatur,
Ill., recently announced William D. Vanness as CEO and William H. Glawe as plant manager. Vanness will succeed Terry Young, who was Deca- tur Foundry’s CEO since 1992. O’Fallon Casting, O’Fallon, Mo., announced Jake Robben has been pro- moted to sales manager. He succeeds Bruce Willson, who will remain with the company in an advisory position until retiring at the end of the year. Tech Cast LLC, Dayton, Ohio, announced Richard Drogowski as its new director of marketing and sales. J.L. Becker, Plymouth, Mich., a
Gasbarre Furnace Group company, has named Ray Monahan its southeast sales
representative, covering North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Virginia. J.L. Beck- er also announced Marty Keynon as its northwest sales representative, covering California, Nevada, Arizona, Washing- ton, Utah, Oregon and Colorado. John Serra, executive vice president
of Carpenter Brothers Inc., Mequon, Wis., announced his retirement, ef- fective June 30. Serra has been in the metalcasting industry for 46 years, 28 of which were with Carpenter Brothers. Clinkenbeard, Rockford, Ill., pro-
moted Karen Spencer to director of qual- ity and continuous improvement for the Model 2 Machine Group of companies. Matt Franzel has joined Atlas Copco,
Commerce City, Colo., as the company’s new product manager, where he will over- see the hydraulic attachments division. Fe Xchange Group LLC, a sub- sidiary of Scrap Metal Services LLC,
Burnham, Ill., announced Stephen T. Miller has been hired as its manager of byproducts and foundry sales. Jerry Kucharczyk, former presi-
dent of ATEK Metal Technologies Inc., New Hampton, Iowa, has been posthumously awarded the Ray H. Witt Award, which recognizes an indi- vidual’s signifi cant contributions to the metalcasting industry, by the Advanced Casting Research Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
OBITUARIES Robert Cecil Kane died June
14, 2015. He was 91. Kane was the president of Midvale Industries, St. Louis, where he helped the company expand its territory throughout Mid- west and Southeastern U.S. Kane was a long-time member of the American Foundry Society.
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