Extrusion International 2-2024-USA

32 Extrusion International 2/2024 32 INDUSTRY NEWS “People On-The-Rise” within the Leadership Structure Announced Processing Technologies Inter- national (PTi), a leader in sheet extrusion systems, announced sev- eral changes within its leadership structure specifically targeting the fulfillment of its strategic initia- tives for focused operational excel- lence, continuous improvements, heightened customer experience and overall delivery commitments. “These changes will bolster PTi’s performance well into the future,” says Dana Hanson, President. “Our customers are demanding more and we’re rising to the occasion to assure unmatched price, quality, technology and performance – all at a superior customer care experi- ence,” Hanson continued. Dave Dorosa served as VP-Engi- neering and will now assume the role of VP-Control Technology. With over 43 years of experience in electrical design and manufac- turing of extrusion systems, Dave offers a wealth of knowledge re- garding PLC programming, drive control, and web handling. Dave will further focus his extensive knowledge and experience in the development, design, and imple- mentation of PTi control system products. He will remain a central component for ongoing projects, while serving as a mentor to the engineering group. Mitch Gritzner has been promot- ed to VP-Engineering and will be responsible for all mechanical and electrical engineering efforts of the company. Mitch has been with PTi for over 22 years and began his journey as a Mechanical Project Engineer in 2002. Ryan Leopold has been pro- moted to VP-Manufacturing and will be responsible for all manu- facturing, procurement, and proj- ect management activities of PTi. Ryan joined PTi in 2006 as a Me- chanical Project Engineer. For the past 18 years, he’s worked his way up through various positions. In addition to executive level changes, PTi has launched a stra- tegic initiative, which focuses on heightened customer service expe- rience with changes to the After- market Sales and Service depart- ments. Rob Gurke recently joined PTi as the Aftermarket Sales Man- ager successfully held by Gloria Navarro for the past 7 years. Rob comes to PTi with 11 years of sales and customer support experience in the aftermarket parts and ser- vice industry and is responsible for managing and supporting our ex- panding Customer Service Repre- sentative and Aftermarket group. Gloria Navarro will now take on the newly created role of After- market Engineered Solutions Sales Manager providing an engineered solutions product within the Af- termarket Group for all PTi cus- tomers. She will leverage her vast experience gained since originally joining PTi 23 years ago. In this role Gloria will focus Aftermarket support for customers by means of targeted engineered products and services supporting rebuilds, retro- fits, upgrades kits and machinery modifications. Brad Moore, with over 27 years of sales experience in the plastics industry, has recently joined PTi as a Regional Sales Manager. Hav- ing served in sales and marketing roles at Thermoformer Parts Sup- ply (TPS) and a Michigan thermo- former builder, CMI, Brad brings forth vast technical and sales expe- rience, with the advantage of hav- ing interfaced and worked with many of the same PTi customers. Processing Technologies International, LLC (PTi) www.ptiextruders.com Brad Moore Mitch Gritzner Rob Gurke Ryan Leopold Dave Dorosa Gloria Navarro