Thomas Bell Named Vice President of Sales at Star SU
HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL. — Star SU of Hoffman Estates, IL has appointed Thomas Bell as Vice President of Sales for its Cutting Tool division.
Tom earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Ferris State University and an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School. Tom has extensive experience in sales, marketing and product management within the metalworking and steel industry.Â
Tom joins Star SU as formerly the Director of Sales for Schmiedewerke Groditz’s USA sales office. Groditz, located in Germany, is a large open-die forging company.Â
Prior to his Groditz experience, Tom spent 19 years with specialty steelmaker BOHLER UDDEHOLM where he served as Vice President of Cold Work Application International Account Management. During his tenure, he gained experience in all facets of tool and die applications as well as concentration on specifier selling strategies, field sales management and distribution channel management.
Tom has held various trade association committee positions within Precision Metalworking Association as well as membership to APMI, SME and MSCI.
About Star SU, LLC
Star SU, LLC offers a wide variety of machine tools, precision cutting tools and services including:
• vertical and horizontal gear hobbing machines
• chamfering and deburring machines
• gear grinding machines
• gear shaping and shaving machines
• tool grinding machines
• gear hobs and milling cutters
• gear shaper cutters and shaving tools
• chamfer and deburring tools
• gundrills
• form tools and reamers
• carbide blanks and preforms
• tool coatings
• and tool life cycle management services
Star SU is the go-to-market cooperative partnership of Star Cutter Company of Farmington Hills, MI, SU America, Inc., the US sales and manufacturing unit to Samputensili, S.p.A., and Bourn & Koch Inc. of Rockford, IL. The companies together represent one of the world’s largest gear machine, tool and gear tool manufacturing producers.
Contact:
Mark C. Parillo
Star SU, LLC
Phone: 847-649-1450
FAX: 847-649-0112
E-mail: mparillo@star-su.com
www.star-su.com
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