MTB Names New Director of Sales and Marketing

Machine Tool Builders Inc. (MTB) has announced the addition of Ross Wegryn-Jones to the company's sales and marketing team to help lead the company's expansion of new gear machine lines and its rebuild and recontrol services.

As MTB's new Director of Sales and Marketing, Wegryn-Jones brings a wealth of related sales management and industry experience to the company's sales and marketing group. He previously served as national sales manager at Bourn and Koch, regional sales manager at Jet Edge Water Systems and regional sales manager at the Machine Tool Division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, America.

"Ross offers the ideal skillset: an exceptional background in machine tool sales combined with deep understanding of gear production and the industries that use our products," said MTB President Ken Flowers. "He will be an enormous asset for MTB and our customers, particularly as we add new brands to our product offering. Our sales force is now very well positioned to respond with a complete array of manufacturing solutions for our customers, whether with new machines or bringing older models to like-new condition with the rebuild and recontrol services we are well known for."

MTB is a source for a complete array of machine rebuilding, controls and service of all popular gear manufacturing machine makes and models. Most recently, MTB has added to its total product offering with the addition of new machine brands for the complete production of fine and medium pitch cylindrical gears. These include HAMAI horizontal hobbing machines, SMG vertical hobbing machines, BURRI generating and profile grinding machines, TFG chamfering machines, Senjo-Seiki chamfering and deburring systems and Donner + Pfister gear inspection systems.

For more information contact:

Ken Flowers, President

Machine Tool Builders Inc.

7723 Burden Road

Machesney Park, IL 61115

815-636-5912

kflowers@machinetoolbuilders.com

www.machinetoolbuilders.com