Industry News


VA Tech (USA) Expands Executive Team, Prepares for Continued Growth


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VA Technology in


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expanded its executive team with the addition of Jeff Rich as Vice-President (USA Division).


Jeff will be based “We are delighted


to have a person with Jeff’s skill set and experience level join the VA Tech management team,” said Sean Byrne VA Tech President.


out of VA Tech’s Ohio location and will be responsible for the daily operations of the USA organization. Jeff reports directly to Sean Byrne and will oversee new and ongoing initiatives designed to maximize customer service and develop company operations. Jeff Rich comes to VA Tech with


impressive credentials, having most recently been Program Director for automation at PCC (Airfoils Division),and prior to that as Vice-President of MPI. Jeff also brings with him extensive experience in the application of quality management initiatives in both manufacturing and service environments and is a certified Master Black Belt in Six Sigma.


“I am proud to welcome Jeff to our


company, said Sean Byrne, and I look forward to working with him as we continue to bring VA Tech to new levels of quality in our equipment, service and customer satisfaction.”


Core-Tech Announces Paul DeGirolamo Joins Staff in New Business Development, Sales and Support


Core-Tech, a leading manufactur-


er of ceramic cores for the investment casting industry, announced that Paul DeGirolamo has joined their sales team, effective immediately. Mr. DeGirolamo’s extensive experience includes previous employment positions with manufactur- ers of ceramic cores, core and wax die tooling, pattern-making, gauging and foundry operations. Mr. DeGirolamo is well-known and well-respected through- out the investment casting industry. “It’s been interesting to see the and


advances diversity of materials


offered by Core-Tech to meet the various requirements of the investment casting industry. I look forward to working with customers to show them how we can help with their ceramic core needs,” says Mr. DeGirolamo


About Core-Tech Core-Tech is one of the leading providers of precision ceramic cores for investment castings in the aerospace, automotive, commercial,


industrial gas turbine


New Vice President At B&L Information Systems


B&L Information Systems is proud to announce a promotion within the Research and Development department, which specializes in the development Odyssey ERP software. We are pleased to announce the promotion of Brad Clark to Vice President - Research and Development. As stated by Phil Laney, “Brad has done a wonderful job leading our research and development team over the past two years. He and his team have meticulously enhanced Odyssey to solidify its position as the leading metalcasting ERP solution in the world. We will count on Brad and his team to achieve two main high-level objectives as we move forward: enhance and improve features, functions and UX (User Experience) and re-architect the underlying infrastructure of Odyssey to future-proof it as much as possible. Brad does a nice job of balancing high-level, product direction objectives with day- to-day enhancement requests from our customers. He is a valued member of the management team.”


and


medical markets. Cores can be manufactured in the exclusive, “DC” family of materials including cores for titanium castings. Core- Tech is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company meeting stringent quality and manufacturing requirements. For more information, contact Core-


Tech at 440.946.8324, or Paul DeGirolamo directly at 440.527.6173, or visit www.core- tech-inc.com.


About B&L Information Systems B&L Information Systems is the global leader in cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for foundries, die casters and investment casters. Since 1976, B&L has implemented their unique ERP solutions at over 450 metalcasting operations, making their cloud-based Odyssey ERP match how metalcasters operate. With Odyssey, metalcasters maximize their resources, minimize costs, and make better decisions faster.


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