Craig St. John
Matsuura Machinery USA has appointed Craig St. John as the company's new President.
The announcement was made recently to employees at the company's headquarters in St. Paul, MN, by Frank Bolieiro, Matsuura Machinery USA's Interim President.
"The selection of Craig St. John as president is a strategic component of our corporate organizational plan. Craig's expertise in many aspects of the machine tool industry, his wealth of experience and his comprehensive industry knowledge indicates our organization's extensive commitment to our customers," Bolieiro said.
St. John's professional experience encompasses 40 years in the machine tool and automation industry. Prior to joining Matsuura Machinery USA, St. John served as President of C St John Capital Equipment Consulting in Brea, CA. As a consultant in all areas of CNC machine tool and robotic automation, St. John provided services to many machine tool distributors, builders and end-users.
St. John also held a variety of leadership positions with Ellison Technologies, including President of the company's Minneapolis office, President of Ellison's Rebuild and Used Machinery operation, Corporate Director of Business Development, Executive VP of Ellison's LA office and two years each with Ellison's automation and accessories divisions.
"I am honored and excited to join Matsuura Machinery USA, an organization I greatly admire and respect. I look forward to Matsuura USA's continued success and working with the Matsuura team and our distributor network to market and support Matsuura products," St. John said.
"Matsuura's high-accuracy machining equipment, including multi-pallet and multitasking machine tools provides manufacturing solutions to a wide range of industries around the globe. The company's automation capabilities and 5-axis capabilities can simplify the production process, reduce cycle time and provide unmanned machining capabilities," said a company spokesperson. Matsuura Machinery USA provides full 5-axis, vertical and horizontal CNC machine tools.
The company's 40,000 sq. ft. facility in St. Paul, MN, includes a large showroom and demonstration area, conference and training rooms, machine storage areas, accessories and spare parts, as well as administrative, service and engineering application support.
For more information contact:
Matsuura Machinery USA
325 Randolph Ave., Ste. 100
St. Paul, MN 55102
800-518-4584 / 651-289-9700
info@matsuurausa.com
www.matsuurausa.com