Jay Duerr
Kitagawa NorthTech, Inc. (KNI) has named Jay Duerr Director of New Business Development for North American operations. Prior to joining KNI, Duerr was the president and CEO of LMC Workholding (Formally Buck Chuck and Logansport Matsumoto Company) in Logansport, IN, for over three decades. Kitagawa NorthTech will now be supporting the former LMC products, customers and services under the KNI name, and Duerr, in his new position, will lead that effort for the company.
Duerr comes to KNI with extensive senior level experience, having managed LMC Workholding for 30+ years. Most notably, his experience is parallel with KNI's product portfolio with 3-jaw chucks, wheel chucks, chuck and steady rest packages and custom engineered workholding. Duerr also has a longstanding relationship supporting and serving HAAS Machine Tool HFOs globally, and previously owned and was CEO of HAAS HFO in Taiwan.
Shawn Luschei, Chief Operating Officer for KNI, said, "We are very excited about Jay Duerr joining KNI. We believe it was a rare opportunity to find someone of his caliber, knowledge and expertise available to help facilitate our growth initiatives. We believe this is a great opportunity to onboard and integrate LMC products and services into the KNI portfolio and enhance our ability to support our valued customers."
In this new role as Director of New Business Development, Duerr is responsible for developing new business for all standard products and engineered solutions and provide regional sales support for KNI's Indiana, Ohio and Michigan customers.
Duerr will report to KNI's North American headquarters, manufacturing, repair and service facility located in Schaumburg, IL.
For more information contact:
KNI
301 E Commerce Drive
Schaumburg, IL 60173
800-222-4138
info@kitagawa-usa.com