Platinum Tooling announced the appointment of Frank Twomey as the company’s regional sales manager.
In his new role, he will oversee all activities in eighteen states located in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast Regions of the United States.
Platinum Tooling is the exclusive importer of Heimatec live tools and angle heads plus other global brands of precision machine tool accessories. Company president Preben Hansen made the announcement.
Twomey graduated from Piedmont Technical Institute in 1991. His first job was as a machinist at Ross Industries. He then took on the role of applications/service/quality engineer at Walter Grinders and SCM Group as an applications and service engineer. Between working as an applications and service engineer, he became the CNC Manager of Euro-Composites Corporation and later plant manager at MTEQ. In 2015, Twomey took on the role of district sales manager for OSG USA.
Twomey brings a vast amount of experience in aerospace, medical, machine tool, cutting tool, metal, and composite industries. His technical expertise includes programming CNC machines using Mastercam and Alphacam CAD/CAM software and he is well versed in PLC programming. During his career, Twomey studied and trained in lean manufacturing, value stream mapping, ISO processes/audits, OSHA compliance, cost reduction, facility/line set-up, and operator training. Continuing his education in 2020, Twomey obtained his CPSP (Certified professional salesperson) certification and in 2021 obtained his CPSL (certified professional sales leader) certification through NASP (National Association of Sales Professionals).
“It is great to have Frank on the team as his expertise will benefit clients across industries,” Hansen said. “I am excited to see all that he will achieve.”
More info: www.platinumtooling.com
