Toyoda Machinery USA Automotive Division Adds Stephan Schmitt as Key Account Manager


(WIXOM, MICHIGAN) - Toyoda Machinery USA's Automotive Division, located in Wixom, MI, announces the hiring of Stephan Schmitt as key account manager, effective December 3, 2007.

Schmitt's duties will cover sales and sales-related support for major automotive original equipment manufacturers and their tier partners throughout Canada and the U.S., centered mainly in the Midwest and Ontario. His efforts encompass the entire Toyoda equipment line, including horizontal machining centers, vertical machining centers, top centers (transfer lines), bridge and gantry milling machines, inverted vertical turning centers, and cam and crankshaft grinders.

Prior to his Toyoda appointment, Schmitt was regional sales manager for Index Corporation (Noblesville, IN), where he sold multi-spindle, Swiss-type, and turn-mill machines. This was preceded by 10 years in proposal estimating and sales activity for Hessapp single- and double-spindle vertical turning machines.

A native of Germany, where he attained his master's degree in mechanical engineering, Schmitt came to the U.S. in 1997. "Having the broader technology range of Toyoda equipment to work with manufacturers attracted me here," he says. " Toyoda offers practical solutions for some of the toughest shop floor challenges."

For more on Toyoda Machinery USA products and services, visit www.toyodausa.com.

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