Anders Vesterholm has been named sales manager of forge and custom hydraulic presses for Erie Press Systems. The announcement was made by Doug Currie, president of the company.
Vesterholm will be responsible for domestic and international sales of application-based forging machinery and custom hydraulic applications. He will manage new equipment orders and the sales process for equipment rebuilds and replacement parts. He will also determine sales direction, effective sales strategies, and marketing support to achieve product line sales objectives.
Vesterholm has over 20 years of metal forming, hydraulic press, and automation system experience, in addition to a broad international and domestic background that includes sales, new product development, engineering, service, and manufacturing in various industries. His educational background is from Sweden, with degrees in mechanical engineering and control system engineering. He was most recently employed at AP&T North America as sales account manager for mainly the automotive and appliance markets in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. He has also held positions with ABB and Emerson Electric Corporation. He joined Erie Press Systems on June 2, 2008.
Erie Press Systems is a leading manufacturer of custom hydraulic and mechanical presses and machinery for a broad range of metal and non metal forming applications. Since 1895 it has supplied integrated process solutions for open and closed die forging, sheet and extrusion stretch forming, carbon extrusion and compacting, super plastic forming, cold extrusion, powder metal compacting, composite molding, and other custom applications. Designed to meet the unique needs of each customer’s forming process requirements, press capacities typically range from 500 to 15,000 tons. Erie is ISO9001: 2000 certified.
To learn more contact George Currie at (814) 455-3941 x620 or gmcurrie@eriepress.com. Go online to [www.eriepress.com].
