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Web Industries promotes Kathrin Doyle Arena Web Industries Inc, a provider of contract converting and turnkey manufacturing services, has promoted Kathrin Doyle Arena to the position of vice president of human resources, with a focus on fostering the company’s employee-owner culture and helping to sustain and grow the business in the USA and globally.

Web Industries places emphasis on the development, satisfaction and retention of its workforce. CEO Mark Pihl said: “During Kathy’s six years at Web Industries, she and her team have made great strides in building a global HR infrastructure that can keep up with our growth. She oversaw the implementation of a modern HR information system, fostered professional and executive development for our employee-owners, and helped implement a new compensation management system.” During the Covid-19 pandemic, Ms Arena and her team have worked to protect employees’health and wellbeing, while aiming to keep facilities open. Web Industries Inc www.webindustries.com

Ms Arena joined Web Industries in 2016 as corporate human resources manager and was promoted a year later to senior director of human resources. Her first mission at the company was to develop and execute a multi-year strategy to refine and scale the HR organisation. As an employee-owned company (ESOP),

Kathrin Doyle Arena

Major managerial appointments at Emtelle include first US MD

working with a Veterans Restora tion Center, which helps to rehabili tate, educate and empower armed forces veterans who are homeless. Other appointments to Emtelle’s North American team include Scott Modha, who was appointed VP

Emtelle has appointed Tommy Conner as managing director USA, to lead its new North American operation. Mr Conner joins the company – a manufacturer of blown fibre cable and ducted network solutions – as it prepares to open a new 300,000ft 2 facility in Fletcher, North Carolina. With more than 30 years’ experience in industrial distribution, engineering and manufacturing involving products including rubber, paper, plastic and now fibre, Mr Conner takes up his new post after five years at Mainetti, a retail solutions provider, where he was director of operations. During that time he was responsible for the company’s reuse and recycling operation sites across the USA, managing a reorganisation that saw it consolidate operations in a new factory in Fletcher, within which Emtelle is setting up its fibre production. Mr Conner previously worked for Braiform, a garment hanger designer and manufacturer, in a number of critical roles before becoming VP global operations, with responsibility for running the company’s operations in the USA, UK and China. Educated at Western Carolina University, he gained a Bachelor’s Degree in industrial engineering technology. He also served in the US Marine Corps, and maintains his links with the military by

Tommy Conner

of sales for North America earlier this year, and Scot Bohaychyk – solutions manager. Clay Harris and Lee Santoro are joining Emtelle as business development managers, for Midwest USA and Eastern Region USA, respectively. Mr Conner commented, “The US and Canada is ready to take the next step in the evolution of full-fibre products, with Emtelle bringing its innovative approach and high quality blown fibre cabling and duct solutions to the market. […] The aim is for our new facility, with a workforce of up to 200 people operating 17 machines and a whole test-tracking capability, to provide existing and new customers with industry-leading ‘made in the US’ solutions.” Emtelle UK Ltd www.emtelle.com

Mitsui Seiki Kogyo appoints president and CEO Hiroyuki “Roy” Kawakami has been promoted to president of Mitsui Seiki Kogyo, Ltd, the parent company of Mitsui Seiki USA, Inc. automation and software is particularly interesting and challenging. We will adhere to our fundamentals of building

the most precise CNC machine tools available on the market today and tomorrow. “At the same time, we are addressing the needs of our most advanced customers to promote and provide the auto- mation and data connection architecture that is driving the industry.”

Mr Kawakami has served Mitsui Seiki for more than 40 years, having joined the parent company in 1981 after earning a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He advanced through the company in various sales and management positions at the US subsidiary, including vice president in 1994 and chairman in 2003. He moved back to the Japan headquarters in 2006 and has since held several senior executive roles at Mitsui Seiki Kogyo including, most recently, senior managing director. “It is my sincere honour to lead Mitsui Seiki during this exciting time in manufacturing,” said Mr Kawakami. “The technology is evolving quickly, and the industrial revolution surrounding

Mitsui Seiki USA, Inc www.mitsuiseiki.com

Hiroyuki Kawakami

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