Kitagawa North-Tech, Inc., the most trusted name in Workholding, has launched a new Prismatic Workholding Business Unit within the company. The new business unit will supply custom Prismatic Workholding to their North American customers.
Chuck Miller joins Kitagawa NorthTech, Inc. (KNI) as their “Senior Manager, R&D and Stationary Workholding” to manage and grow sales for the new group. Mr. Miller comes to KNI with over 30 years of extensive Stationary/Prismatic Workholding experience. In his recent post, Mr. Miller served as President and Owner of Global Workholding, a company that focused on designing, engineering and manufacturing custom Prismatic Workholding for metalworking machine shops and end users.
As the leader of Kitagawa NorthTech’s new, emerging Prismatic Workholding business unit, Mr. Miller will be responsible for a wide range of business functions. His new role will encompass business development, sales, engineering, product development, design, R&D, training and supporting the company’s Regional Sales Managers. Additionally, Mr. Miller will guide and support KNI’s Productivity Team (P Team) on Stationary workholding projects. KNI’s P Team is responsible for reviewing customer’s part drawings, machining processes and available machine tools to develop a comprehensive sales proposal and concept drawing for custom Workholding.
Chuck will serve as a valuable and dedicated resource in building and managing the Prismatic Workholding business unit for the company. Shawn Luschei, VP of Sales & Marketing, adds, “Kitagawa NorthTech has always offered Prismatic Workholding to customers as part of our turnkey solutions set. However, Chuck adds a comprehensive capability, skill set and focus to our Prismatic workholding group. His vast expertise and knowledge of Prismatic Workholding will help us grow sales in this area and support our promise to customers to be their single source, turnkey supplier for both Turning and Prismatic Workholding.”
Chuck Miller resides in Illinois and will be based out of Kitagawa NorthTech’s North American headquarters for sales, design, manufacturing, technical support and repair services located in Schaumburg, Illinois.