Dave Lucius
Kitamura Machinery of USA, Inc., a manufacturer of high precision horizontal, 5-axis and vertical machining centers (VMCs), announced that Dave Lucius has joined the leadership team as Vice President of Sales for the Americas.
"I am pleased to announce the addition of Dave Lucius as Vice President of Sales," said Akihiro Kitamura, Ph.D., Eng., President and CEO of Kitamura Machinery Co., LTD., "Dave brings with him over 20 years of manufacturing experience to Kitamura. In addition, he brings tremendous expertise and a proven growth track record in overseeing machine tool distribution networks and leading product development teams."
"I am very honored to join the Kitamura Machinery team," said Lucius. "My hiring during a pandemic demonstrates Kitamura Machinery's commitment to the market that they have served for over 50 years. My belief has always been that our distributors are our customers as well as our partners. I look forward to working closely with the Wheeling, IL, team. The opportunity to work with Dr. Kitamura and Ted Asano, along with an engineering team that has over 355 industry patents to develop products for the North American and world markets, is extremely exciting. I have long admired the Kitamura commitment to accuracy and their market leading box way rapids and geared head spindle technology."
Lucius will work closely with Executive Vice President Ted Asano to accelerate Kitamura's next stage of growth in the Americas, Canada and Mexico.
"Dave brings a wealth of knowledge and fresh ideas to our management team and we are delighted to have him on board," said Asano.
For more information contact:
Kitamura Machinery of USA, Inc.
78 E. Century Drive
Wheeling, IL 60090
847-520-7755
www.kitamura-machinery.com