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VP reaches 25-year milestone Can-Eng Furnaces has announced that Tim Donofrio, VP sales, has reached his 25-year milestone with the company. Mr Donofrio joined Can-Eng in 1999 in an outside sales capacity, eventually leading the company’s aluminium products group, which captured a portion of the ICE and aluminium structural casting component heat treatment equipment market.

he has been vice president of sales, including all marketing activities. Prior to joining Can-Eng, Mr Donofrio held a senior management position in commercial heat treating, and began his career in the closed die forging business. He is a graduate of the Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program at Niagara College and has a degree in business from Brock University. With the launch of Evergreen Kiln Technologies, LLC in 2024, Mr Donofrio has the added sales and marketing responsible for sales, service, rebuild and parts. “Ching’s experience and innovative approach make her the perfect fit for leading our DS Global Services team,” said Giovanni Spitale, CEO of Davis-Standard. “Ching’s leadership will enhance our service capabilities and strengthen our commitment to delivering exceptional value to our customers worldwide. Under her leadership, DS Global Services will focus on providing comprehensive solutions that improve our customers’ performance at every step of the way.” Ms Gettman holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Johns ECTA for the coming years will thus be to provide companies with food for thought and insight, as well as opportunities for exchanging views, to better move forward in this scenario. The annual events and meetings, which traditionally accompany the activity of ECTA, will indeed be focused on the issues of greatest interest to the European operators in this sector.” After participating in the World Cutting Tool Conference in Osaka, Japan, in May, the association – with the support of Ucimu – will be engaged in organising the ECTA Conference, to be held in Italy in 2025. manager of Ucimu-Sistemi Per Produrre, said, “Ucimu is proud that the presidency of ECTA has again been assigned to an Alfredo Mariotti, general

Tim Donofrio

responsibilities for kilns used in the processing of anode and cathode materials for the emerging BEV (battery electric vehicle) market. Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd www.can-eng.com

In 2009, he took on additional responsibilities for the sales and marketing of Can-Eng’s flagship mesh belt furnace technology. Since 2016,

Davis-Standard appoints president of global services

Extrusion and converting technology company Davis-Standard has announced the appointment of Ching Gettman as president of DS Global Services team. With more than 20 years of industry experience, Ms Gettman joins Davis Standard from Caterpillar, where she served as vice president of product development, aftermarket and strategy. Prior to that, she spent 12 years at John Deere, holding various key roles across multiple locations, which provided her with extensive experience and a deep understanding of the aftermarket industry. She has also worked as a distributor executive at Cummins Western Canada, where she was

Ching Gettman

Hopkins University and a Master of Science in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Davis-Standard, LLC www.davis-standard.com

New president selected by ECTA For the next four years, ECTA – the European Cutting Tools Association – will be led by Federico Costa, managing director of Febametal, who takes over from Marcus Horn of German company Paul Horn GmbH.

Italian entrepreneur. We are confident that Federico Costa, managing director of our historical member company Febametal, will be able to fulfil this role in the best way, proving the ability, which has always distinguished Italian manufacturers, to meet and understand the evolution of the market.” The members of ECTA, in addition to Ucimu-Sistemi Per Produrre, are VDMA (Germany), AFM (Spain), Swissmem (Switzerland) and BHECT-MTA (UK), joined by Further Sutton Tools (Netherlands), ATA Tools (Ireland) and Boehlerit (Austria). Ucimu-Sistemi Per Produrre www.ucimu.it European Cutting Tools Association www.ecta-tools.org

Febametal, based in Grugliasco, Turin, Italy, is an associate member company of Ucimu-Sistemi Per Produrre, and specialises in the production and sale of standard and special tools. Mr Costa commented, “The European tool manufacturers are currently operating in a context affected by international geopolitical uncertainty. This is added to the complexity introduced by the new regulatory requirements imposed by the European Union, which is certainly a challenge for our companies. The commitment of

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