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AMT elects new board leadership

AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, McLean, Va., has elected its 2023-2024 directors and members for the AMT board of directors.

Daniel D. Janka, president of Mazak Corp., has been elected chairman. Michael Cicco, president/CEO of FANUC America Corp., has been elected to serve as first vice chairman; Gregory Volovic, president/CEO of Hurco Cos. Inc., has been elected secretary; and Gregory L. Buck, president of Productivity Inc., will serve as treasurer.

Newly elected to the AMT board in the 2023-2024 term are Melanie Lang, co-founder/CEO of FormAlloy, and Rajas Sukthankar, vice president of motion control for Siemens. Paul Ricard, founder/president of Machining Cloud, and Christopher A. Bailey, retired president/COO of Air Quality Group LLC, will serve ex-officio.

Also serving on the AMT board in the 2023-2024 term are Blake Consdorf, president/CEO of Bourn & Koch Inc.; William R. Eichele, president of The Motch and Eichele Co. LLC; Glynn Fletcher, president of EOS North America; and Chip Storie, retired group executive with Camozzi Machine Tools.