APT Appoints Machine Sales Engineer

Kevin Bennett, CPM, has been named APT Machine Tools' newest Machine Sales Engineer, serving Florida's Martin, Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

Bennett's manufacturing experience spans four decades. Most recently he was vice president of strategic development for Kitagawa NorthTech, Inc. Throughout the years he held various positions including senior sales engineer for Trak Machine Tools Inc., where he provided branding in-roads resulting in hundreds of turn-key productivity-based CNC machine tool and control solutions. He also performed installation, set-up, CNC programming and operator training for customers and their employees.

Bennett previously worked in specialized tool room services and was responsible for building remote robotics with Westinghouse (F.K.A. Combustion Engineering). Bennett's career began at Hamilton Sunstrand, a Division of United Technologies Corporation where he became a toolmaker. After a promotion he began performing CNC programming and tool prove-out utilizing multi-axis milling and turning machines, and was later promoted to production planning and control.

"Bennett brings both conventional and non-conventional manufacturing experience, including process planning, workholding, material and tool selection, metallurgy and machinability, workholding design, CNC programming and process/production planning. We welcome him to our team," said a company spokesperson.

For more information contact:

APT Machine Tools

4180 St. Johns Parkway

Sanford, FL 32771

321-280-2482

www.aptmtools.com