Okuma Hires Five-Axis Product Specialist

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Okuma America Corporation has hired Kyle Klaver as a five-axis product specialist, specifically to work with distributors and customers on their five-axis product and application needs. He comes to Okuma with 26 years of machining, programming, and engineering experience, most recently having served as the manufacturing manager for Roush Yates Racing Enterprises.

His technical manufacturing background includes part processing and programming of 2D, 3D, four- and five-axis milling workcenters, and two- to nine-axis mill/turn workcenters. He has developed high-speed CNC milling processes and is well versed in hard turning. As a senior application engineer for another CNC machine tool builder, he created product training sessions and technical seminars for tradeshows and events and has provided technical support to customers and distributors for machining centers and multi-axis lathes.

Klaver’s project management experience includes turnkey projects, runoffs, and test cuts, and he has a thorough understanding of tooling, fixtures, gauging systems, automation, and competitive controls. He is a senior member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and makes a great addition to Okuma’s current stable of product specialists. He will work from the Okuma America Corporation headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, and will report to Jim Endsley, product specialist group supervisor.

Okuma America Corporation is the U.S.-based affiliate of Okuma Corporation, a world leader in the development of computer numeric controls (CNC) and machining technology, founded in 1898 in Nagoya, Japan. Known for its technology leadership and world-class manufacturing, product quality, and dedication to customer service, Okuma strives to be the machine tool solution provider to manufacturers worldwide. For more information visit www.okuma.com.

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